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.
Hope this is helpful.
GLC