[R] "Invalid character 32" problem with Pager??

Peter Dalgaard BSA p.dalgaard at biostat.ku.dk
Sun Jan 7 22:50:02 CET 2001


Elliot Williams <ewilliams at ucsd.edu> writes:

> Hi all,
> 
> I'm having a very minor problem.  Most every time I use the pager (I think) I 
> get the following error about character 32.  It works fine, but the error is 
> a bit annoying.
> 
> > ?version
> sh: invalid character 32 in exportstr for export R_NSIZE
> sh: invalid character 32 in exportstr for export R_VSIZE
> R.Version                package:base                R Documentation
> (and then the rest is fine)
> 
> or
> 
> > library(help=quadprog)
> sh: invalid character 32 in exportstr for export R_NSIZE
> sh: invalid character 32 in exportstr for export R_VSIZE
> solve.QP                 Solve a Quadratic Programming Problem
> solve.QP.compact         Solve a Quadratic Programming Problem
..
> And I'm running Mandrake 7.2 with the Mandrake 1.2 R rpm (which I just got 
> about a week ago).
> 
> What do I need to change to make the error go away?

Sounds like something is up with the R_NSIZE and R_VSIZE environment
variables (a blank crept in?). Have you done anything to tamper with
those? 


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