On Wed, 19 Nov 2008, gilescrane at verizon.net wrote:
> Full_Name: Giles L Crane
> Version: 2.8.0 2008-10-20
> OS: Windows XP
> Submission from: (NULL) (71.168.215.186)
>
>
> paste(rep(" ",10),sep="")
> [1] " " " " " " " " " "
" " " " " " " " " "
>
> As I read the documentation for paste(),
> this should have produced
> " "
> that is, all spaces pasted together.
You read it wrong: that is what collapse="" does.
> Hope this is helpful.
Quite the reverse, a beginners' mistake.
> GLC
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