[Rd] writting null (\000 or ^@) to an external text file without the new warning

[Simon Urbanek]

On Oct 28, 2008, at 14:23 , Greg Snow wrote:

> I have some functions that write an external text file for  
> postprocessing by another program.  Some instructions to the other  
> program need to be indicated by null values (\000 or ^@).  The  
> function currently uses code like:
>
> writeChar(rawToChar(as.raw(0)), con)
>
> where con is a connection to the file.  Previous to version 2.8.0  
> this worked fine.  With 2.8.0 it still works, but I get a warning  
> message about "truncating string with embedded null: '\0'" every  
> time.  This is documented and not a bug, but I still find it annoying.
>

Well, why don't you just use
writeChar("", con)
that's what you're actually calling anyway since rawToChar(as.raw(0))  
is exactly "" as it gets truncated.

Cheers,
S



> One thing I could do is to turn off all warnings before doing this,  
> but then if there is some other warning generated, then I will miss  
> the other warning(s).
>
> Is there a better way to write the null to the text file? Or is  
> there a way to suppress just this warning without suppressing any  
> other warnings that may occur?
>
> Thanks,
>
> --
> Gregory (Greg) L. Snow Ph.D.
> Statistical Data Center
> Intermountain Healthcare
> greg.snow at imail.org
> 801.408.8111
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