[Rd] (PR#8777) strsplit does [not] return correct value when

[ripley at stats.ox.ac.uk]

Please use a current version of R: we are at 2.3.0RC (and we do ask you 
not to report on obselete versions).

What rule are you using, and where did you find it in the R documentation?

In fact

> strsplit("", " ")
[[1]]
character(0)

which is not as you stated.   This is a feature, as it distinct from

> strsplit(" ", " ")
[[1]]
[1] ""

Consider also

> strsplit("", "")
[[1]]
character(0)

> strsplit("a", "")
[[1]]
[1] "a"

> strsplit("ab", "")
[[1]]
[1] "a" "b"


On Mon, 17 Apr 2006, charles.dupont at vanderbilt.edu wrote:

> Full_Name: Charles Dupont
> Version: 2.2.0
> OS: linux
> Submission from: (NULL) (160.129.129.136)
>
>
> when
>
> strsplit("", " ")
>
> returns character(0)
>
> where as
>
> strsplit("a", " ")
>
> returns "a".
>
> these return values are not constiant with each other.
>
> Charles Dupont
>
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