[R] Why does length("") == 1?

[Patrick Burns]

'The R Inferno' Circle 8.1.66

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On 11/11/2011 00:17, Worik R wrote:
> It seems obvious to me that the empty string "" is length 0.
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> cheers
> Worik
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