[R] problem for strsplit function

[Jeff Newmiller]

I trust the escapes to do what they are designed to do. Cat the pattern to the console if you don't.

On July 7, 2021 10:36:43 PM PDT, Greg Minshall <minshall using umich.edu> wrote:
>> sub( "\\.[^.]*$", "", fname )
>
>fwiw, i almost always use '[.]' in preference to '\\\\\\\\.', as it
>seems to be more likely to get through the various levels of quoting in
>different contexts.

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