On Wed, 5 Feb 2025 08:44:12 -0500
Duncan Murdoch <murdoch.dun...@gmail.com> wrote:
> If I have this object:
>
> x <- c("abc\ndef", "", "ghi")
>
> and I write it to a file using `writeLines(x, "test.txt")`, my text
> editor sees a 5 line file:
>
> 1: abc
> 2: def
> 3:
> 4: ghi
> 5:
>
> which is what I'd expect: the last line in the editor is empty.If I
> use `readLines("test.txt")` on that file, I get the vector
>
> c("abc", "def", "", "ghi")
<SNIP>
Apologies for muddying the waters with my ignorance, but why would you
expect a 5 line file? I would expect a 4 line file, and that is
indeed what I get when I try the code in question.
If I append an empty line at the end of my test.txt and then
apply readLines() to that file, I get [1] "abc" "def" "" "ghi" "",
again as *I* would expect.
What am I missing? Sorry for being a thicko.
cheers,
Rolf
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