bl.string {sfsmisc}R Documentation

Blank String

Description

Simple constructor of a “blank” string of given string length.

Usage

bl.string(no)

Arguments

no non-negative integer.

Value

A “blank” string (i.e. character(1)) fulfilling n == nchar(bl.string(n)).

Author(s)

Martin Maechler, early 1990's.

See Also

paste, character, nchar.

Examples

r <- sapply(0:8, function(n) ccat(bl.string(n),n))
cbind(r)

bl.string # shows the very simple function definition

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