[R] ave(x, y, FUN=length) produces character output when x is character

[peter dalgaard]

> On 25 Dec 2014, at 08:15 , Mike Miller <mbmiller+l at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> 
>> "is.vector returns TRUE if x is a vector of the specified mode having
>> no attributes other than names. It returns FALSE otherwise."
> 
> So that means that a vector in R has no attributes other than names.

Wrong. Read carefully. There are 

- vectors
- vectors having no attributes other than names

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