Re: [Rd] sprintf, check number of parameters

2021-02-25 Thread Tomas Kalibera
On 2/22/21 11:34 AM, Duncan Murdoch wrote: This is ugly, but I think it's legal, and it doesn't trigger a warning:  output unused parameters as zero-length strings:  msnx(T0, mask = '%1$.1f (SD=%2$.1f)%3$.0s%4$.0s') Perhaps an example using %.0s could be included to show how to skip a value.

Re: [Rd] sprintf, check number of parameters

2021-02-22 Thread Duncan Murdoch
This is ugly, but I think it's legal, and it doesn't trigger a warning: output unused parameters as zero-length strings: msnx(T0, mask = '%1$.1f (SD=%2$.1f)%3$.0s%4$.0s') Perhaps an example using %.0s could be included to show how to skip a value. Duncan Murdoch On 22/02/2021 5:06 a.m., Tom

Re: [Rd] sprintf, check number of parameters

2021-02-22 Thread Tomas Kalibera
Dear Matthias, On 2/6/21 2:11 PM, Matthias Gondan wrote: Dear developers, This is a follow-up from an earlier mail about warnings of unused arguments in sprintf: 1. This should obviously raise an error (and it does): sprintf('%i %i', 1) Fehler in sprintf("%i %i", 1) : zu wenig Argumente [= to

Re: [Rd] sprintf, check number of parameters

2021-02-06 Thread Matthias Gondan
Dear developers, This is a follow-up from an earlier mail about warnings of unused arguments in sprintf: 1. This should obviously raise an error (and it does): sprintf('%i %i', 1) Fehler in sprintf("%i %i", 1) : zu wenig Argumente [= too few arguments] 2. This should, in my opinion, raise a war

Re: [Rd] sprintf, check number of parameters

2020-11-04 Thread matthias-gondan
: 04.11.20 16:26 (GMT+01:00) An: matthias-gondan , r-devel@r-project.org Betreff: Re: [Rd] sprintf, check number of parameters Dear Matthias, On 11/4/20 4:01 PM, matthias-gondan wrote: Dear Tomas, Thank you

Re: [Rd] sprintf, check number of parameters

2020-11-04 Thread Tomas Kalibera
chricht ---- > Von: Tomas Kalibera > Datum: 04.11.20 15:43 (GMT+01:00) > An: Matthias Gondan , r-devel@r-project.org > Betreff: Re: [Rd] sprintf, check number of parameters > > Dear Matthias, > > thanks for the suggestion, R-devel now warns on unused arguments by > fo

Re: [Rd] sprintf, check number of parameters

2020-11-04 Thread matthias-gondan
ted, thanks again.Best regards,Matthias Ursprüngliche Nachricht Von: Tomas Kalibera Datum: 04.11.20 15:43 (GMT+01:00) An: Matthias Gondan , r-devel@r-project.org Betreff: Re: [Rd] sprintf, check number of parameters Dear Matthias,thanks for the suggestion, R-devel now warns on unused ar

Re: [Rd] sprintf, check number of parameters

2020-11-04 Thread Tomas Kalibera
Dear Matthias, thanks for the suggestion, R-devel now warns on unused arguments by format (both numbered and un-numbered). It seems that the new warning is useful, often it finds cases when arguments were accidentally passed to sprintf but had been meant for a different function. R allows co