Re: [Rd] sprintf behavior (PR#9250)

2006-09-26 Thread Bill Dunlap
On Mon, 25 Sep 2006 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On Mon, 25 Sep 2006, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > ... > > sprintf("\p") doesn't show the backslash, this occurs with all strings that > > start with certain letters. There is however no explanation to this > > behavior. > > There is: see ?Quote (and C

Re: [Rd] sprintf behavior (PR#9250)

2006-09-25 Thread Peter Dalgaard
Peter Dalgaard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > This is *not* a bug (it is also not a FAQ, although I'm beginning to > think it should be). Just to be clear: I'm aware of FAQ 7.8, but it is about file names. Issue is whether we need a generic "backslashes in text strings" entry. -- O__

Re: [Rd] sprintf behavior (PR#9250)

2006-09-25 Thread Peter Dalgaard
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > Full_Name: Michael Bauer > Version: 2.3.1 > OS: Mac OS X 10.4.7 > Submission from: (NULL) (131.130.124.155) > > > > sessionInfo() > Version 2.3.1 (2006-06-01) > powerpc-apple-darwin8.6.0 > > attached base packages: > [1] "methods" "stats" "graphics" "grDevic

Re: [Rd] sprintf behavior (PR#9250)

2006-09-25 Thread ripley
On Mon, 25 Sep 2006, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Full_Name: Michael Bauer > Version: 2.3.1 > OS: Mac OS X 10.4.7 > Submission from: (NULL) (131.130.124.155) > > >> sessionInfo() > Version 2.3.1 (2006-06-01) > powerpc-apple-darwin8.6.0 > > attached base packages: > [1] "methods" "stats" "graph

[Rd] sprintf behavior (PR#9250)

2006-09-25 Thread michael . bauer
Full_Name: Michael Bauer Version: 2.3.1 OS: Mac OS X 10.4.7 Submission from: (NULL) (131.130.124.155) > sessionInfo() Version 2.3.1 (2006-06-01) powerpc-apple-darwin8.6.0 attached base packages: [1] "methods" "stats" "graphics" "grDevices" "utils" [6] "datasets" "base" > spr