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" "graphics" "grDevices" "utils"
> [6] "datasets" "base"
>>
>
> 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 behaves in the same way).
> And there seems to be no way to get a guaranteed backslash in sprintf.
"\\", see the FAQ 7.8 for example.
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Brian D. Ripley, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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