I observed the following: match.arg("white", colors())
yields 'white', but match.arg("whit", colors()) yields: `Error in match.arg("whit", colors()) : 'arg' should be one of "white", "aliceblue", '... this message actually comes from `pmatch'. using a suitable subset of `colors()' works OK. the precise length were the error occurs seems to depend on `arg' and `choices'. e.g. match.arg("whit", colors()[1:650]) works but the limit seems not be fixed. in another setting it happend around a length of `choices' of around 130. maybe a memory management related bug? or am I missing something? regards, joerg platform powerpc-apple-darwin8.11.1 arch powerpc os darwin8.11.1 system powerpc, darwin8.11.1 status major 2 minor 9.2 year 2009 month 08 day 24 svn rev 49384 language R version.string R version 2.9.2 (2009-08-24) ______________________________________________ R-devel@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-devel