Re: [Rd] trivial typo in src/library/base/man/pmatch.Rd

2021-03-13 Thread Ben Bolker
You're right. But I guess my confusion is proof that it can be confusing. What about "The value to be returned for positions where there are either no partial matches or multiple partial matches" ? ("positions where the number of partial matches is not exactly 1" :-)) On 3/13/21 3:44 AM

Re: [Rd] trivial typo in src/library/base/man/pmatch.Rd

2021-03-13 Thread peter dalgaard
I suspect this is as meant, but it is "multiply", the adverb, not the verb. So it might be worth rephrasing, but "multiple" would be wrong (it is about cases where you at one position have several partial matches, not several positions where you have a partial match). "Non-uniquely partially mat

[Rd] trivial typo in src/library/base/man/pmatch.Rd

2021-03-12 Thread Ben Bolker
ll. 17-18 of src/library/base/man/pmatch.Rd says "the value to be returned at non-matching or multiply partially matching positions". I think "multiply" should be "multiple" there? Can submit an actual patch if that would be more useful. __ R-dev