Hi, it's not a bug but a request for help,
suppose s="^^^This^is^a^^^^test^^with^^^^^lot^of^blanks^^^^at^beginning^and^^^end^^^^^^" suppose from="^^^" suppose to="^" I need a function who can replace ("^^^" to "^"), or ("^" to "^^^^^^^^") or ("" to "blabla" with limits of source size) ie: without being lost in infinite loop. "s" is a character vector, "from" is a character vector, and "to" is a character vector, both "s", "from" and "to" can be "". I'm pretty sure this idiom already exist. if you can help me, please do. Xtian.