This is very basic but I have not been able to find an answer. Basically I
want to find the length of a string.
length("Text")
returns 1 so I know that is not right.
Thank you.
Kevin
Dear Kevin,
# this works
nchar("read the help for length?)
[1] 24
On 24 Oct 2011, at 4:14 PM, Kevin Burton wrote:
> This is very basic but I have not been able to find an answer. Basically I
> want to find the length of a string.
>
> length("Text")
>
> returns 1 so I know that is not right.
>
> Thank you.
>
> Kevin
>
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On Oct 24, 2011, at 11:14 AM, Kevin Burton wrote:> This is very basic but I have not been able to find an answer. > Basically I > want to find the length of a string. > > length("Text") >?nchar> returns 1 so I know that is not right. > > Thank you. > > Kevin > > ______________________________________________ > R-help at r-project.org mailing list > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html > and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.David Winsemius, MD West Hartford, CT