[Rd] sprintf, check number of parameters

Matthias Gondan m@tth|@@-gond@n @end|ng |rom gmx@de
Sun Sep 20 13:03:59 CEST 2020


Dear R developers,

I am wondering if this should raise an error or a warning.

> sprintf('%.f, %.f', 1, 2, 3)
[1] "1, 2"

I am aware that R has „numbered“ sprintf arguments (sprintf('%1$.f', …), and in that case, omissing of specific arguments may be intended. But in the usual syntax, omission of an argument is probably a mistake.

Thank you for your consideration.

Best wishes,

Matthias


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