Maybe: gsub("^(.*)$", "..\\1...", "a string")
On Thu, Mar 25, 2010 at 3:53 PM, Jeff Brown <dopethatwantsc...@yahoo.com> wrote: > > Hi, > > I would expect the following: > > paste( > as.character( cat( rep( ".", 2 ) ) ), > "a string", > as.character( cat( rep( ".", 3 ) ) ) > ); > > to yield this string: ". . a string . . .", but instead it yields this: > >> . .. . .[1] " a string " > > The third argument has been stuck immediately after the first. The same > thing happens with cat() or c(). What's going on? > > Thanks, > Jeff > > -- > View this message in context: > http://n4.nabble.com/c-or-cat-or-paste-all-cause-unwanted-reordering-tp1691133p1691133.html > Sent from the R help mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > > ______________________________________________ > R-help@r-project.org mailing list > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html > and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. > -- Henrique Dallazuanna Curitiba-Paraná-Brasil 25° 25' 40" S 49° 16' 22" O ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.