banzal...@gmail.com wrote:
> Full_Name: Leon C. Banza
> Version: 2.8.1
> OS: Windows Vista
> Submission from: (NULL) (195.69.243.253)
> 
> 
> I believe there is a serious bug in the code for sub and gsub.  I do as
> following:
> 
> gsub("\\", "-", "some\\backslashed\\string")

This is a user bug. You need
    gsub("\\\\", "-", "some\\backslashed\\string")
Please read the documentation before submitting bug reports!!!

Uwe Ligges


> This ought return "some-backslashed-string", but prints warnings instead:
> 
> Error in sub("\\", "", "baba\\") : invalid regular expression '\'
> In addition: Warning message:
> In sub("\\", "", "baba\\") : regcomp error:  'Trailing backslash'
> 
> I believe this is a matter of a simple correction in the source code.
> 
> Leon
> 
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