Example #1
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SEXP attribute_hidden do_nchar(SEXP call, SEXP op, SEXP args, SEXP env)
{
    SEXP d, s, x, stype;
    int nargs = length(args);

#ifdef R_version_3_4_or_so
    checkArity(op, args);
#else
    // will work also for code byte-compiled *before* 'keepNA' was introduced
    if (nargs < 3 || nargs > 4)
	errorcall(call,
		  ngettext("%d argument passed to '%s' which requires %d to %d",
			   "%d arguments passed to '%s' which requires %d to %d",
			   (unsigned long) nargs),
		  nargs, PRIMNAME(op), 3, 4);
#endif
    if (isFactor(CAR(args)))
	error(_("'%s' requires a character vector"), "nchar()");
    PROTECT(x = coerceVector(CAR(args), STRSXP));
    if (!isString(x))
	error(_("'%s' requires a character vector"), "nchar()");
    R_xlen_t len = XLENGTH(x);
    stype = CADR(args);
    if (!isString(stype) || LENGTH(stype) != 1)
	error(_("invalid '%s' argument"), "type");
    const char *type = CHAR(STRING_ELT(stype, 0)); /* always ASCII */
    size_t ntype = strlen(type);
    if (ntype == 0) error(_("invalid '%s' argument"), "type");
    nchar_type type_;
    if (strncmp(type, "bytes", ntype) == 0)	 type_ = Bytes;
    else if (strncmp(type, "chars", ntype) == 0) type_ = Chars;
    else if (strncmp(type, "width", ntype) == 0) type_ = Width;
    else error(_("invalid '%s' argument"), "type");
    int allowNA = asLogical(CADDR(args));
    if (allowNA == NA_LOGICAL) allowNA = 0;
    int keepNA;
    if(nargs >= 4) {
	keepNA = asLogical(CADDDR(args));
	if (keepNA == NA_LOGICAL) // default
	    keepNA = (type_ == Width) ? FALSE : TRUE;
    } else  keepNA = FALSE; // default
    PROTECT(s = allocVector(INTSXP, len));
    int *s_ = INTEGER(s);
    for (R_xlen_t i = 0; i < len; i++) {
	SEXP sxi = STRING_ELT(x, i);
	char msg_i[20]; sprintf(msg_i, "element %ld", (long)i+1);
	s_[i] = R_nchar(sxi, type_, allowNA, keepNA, msg_i);
    }
    R_FreeStringBufferL(&cbuff);
    if ((d = getAttrib(x, R_NamesSymbol)) != R_NilValue)
	setAttrib(s, R_NamesSymbol, d);
    if ((d = getAttrib(x, R_DimSymbol)) != R_NilValue)
	setAttrib(s, R_DimSymbol, d);
    if ((d = getAttrib(x, R_DimNamesSymbol)) != R_NilValue)
	setAttrib(s, R_DimNamesSymbol, d);
    UNPROTECT(2);
    return s;
}
Example #2
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SEXP attribute_hidden do_substr(SEXP call, SEXP op, SEXP args, SEXP env)
{
    SEXP s, x, sa, so, el;
    R_xlen_t i, len;
    int start, stop, k, l;
    size_t slen;
    cetype_t ienc;
    const char *ss;
    char *buf;

    checkArity(op, args);
    x = CAR(args);
    sa = CADR(args);
    so = CADDR(args);
    k = LENGTH(sa);
    l = LENGTH(so);

    if (!isString(x))
	error(_("extracting substrings from a non-character object"));
    len = XLENGTH(x);
    PROTECT(s = allocVector(STRSXP, len));
    if (len > 0) {
	if (!isInteger(sa) || !isInteger(so) || k == 0 || l == 0)
	    error(_("invalid substring arguments"));

	for (i = 0; i < len; i++) {
	    start = INTEGER(sa)[i % k];
	    stop = INTEGER(so)[i % l];
	    el = STRING_ELT(x,i);
	    if (el == NA_STRING || start == NA_INTEGER || stop == NA_INTEGER) {
		SET_STRING_ELT(s, i, NA_STRING);
		continue;
	    }
	    ienc = getCharCE(el);
	    ss = CHAR(el);
	    slen = strlen(ss); /* FIXME -- should handle embedded nuls */
	    buf = R_AllocStringBuffer(slen+1, &cbuff);
	    if (start < 1) start = 1;
	    if (start > stop || start > slen) {
		buf[0] = '\0';
	    } else {
		if (stop > slen) stop = (int) slen;
		substr(buf, ss, ienc, start, stop);
	    }
	    SET_STRING_ELT(s, i, mkCharCE(buf, ienc));
	}
	R_FreeStringBufferL(&cbuff);
    }
    DUPLICATE_ATTRIB(s, x);
    /* This copied the class, if any */
    UNPROTECT(1);
    return s;
}
Example #3
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File: seq.c Project: kalibera/rexp
static SEXP cross_colon(SEXP call, SEXP s, SEXP t)
{
    SEXP a, la, ls, lt, rs, rt;
    int i, j, k, n, nls, nlt;
    char *cbuf;
    const void *vmax = vmaxget();

    if (length(s) != length(t))
	errorcall(call, _("unequal factor lengths"));
    n = length(s);
    ls = getLevelsAttrib(s);
    lt = getLevelsAttrib(t);
    nls = LENGTH(ls);
    nlt = LENGTH(lt);
    PROTECT(a = allocVector(INTSXP, n));
    PROTECT(rs = coerceVector(s, INTSXP));
    PROTECT(rt = coerceVector(t, INTSXP));
    for (i = 0; i < n; i++) {
	int vs = INTEGER(rs)[i];
	int vt = INTEGER(rt)[i];
	if ((vs == NA_INTEGER) || (vt == NA_INTEGER))
	    INTEGER(a)[i] = NA_INTEGER;
	else
	    INTEGER(a)[i] = vt + (vs - 1) * nlt;
    }
    UNPROTECT(2);
    if (!isNull(ls) && !isNull(lt)) {
	PROTECT(la = allocVector(STRSXP, nls * nlt));
	k = 0;
	/* FIXME: possibly UTF-8 version */
	for (i = 0; i < nls; i++) {
	    const char *vi = translateChar(STRING_ELT(ls, i));
	    size_t vs = strlen(vi);
	    for (j = 0; j < nlt; j++) {
		const char *vj = translateChar(STRING_ELT(lt, j));
		size_t vt = strlen(vj), len = vs + vt + 2;
		cbuf = R_AllocStringBuffer(len, &cbuff);
		snprintf(cbuf, len, "%s:%s", vi, vj);
		SET_STRING_ELT(la, k, mkChar(cbuf));
		k++;
	    }
	}
	setAttrib(a, R_LevelsSymbol, la);
	UNPROTECT(1);
    }
    PROTECT(la = mkString("factor"));
    setAttrib(a, R_ClassSymbol, la);
    UNPROTECT(2);
    R_FreeStringBufferL(&cbuff);
    vmaxset(vmax);
    return a;
}
Example #4
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SEXP attribute_hidden do_abbrev(SEXP call, SEXP op, SEXP args, SEXP env)
{
    SEXP x, ans;
    R_xlen_t i, len;
    int minlen;
    Rboolean warn = FALSE;
    const char *s;
    const void *vmax;

    checkArity(op,args);
    x = CAR(args);

    if (!isString(x))
	error(_("the first argument must be a character vector"));
    len = XLENGTH(x);

    PROTECT(ans = allocVector(STRSXP, len));
    minlen = asInteger(CADR(args));
    vmax = vmaxget();
    for (i = 0 ; i < len ; i++) {
	if (STRING_ELT(x, i) == NA_STRING)
	    SET_STRING_ELT(ans, i, NA_STRING);
	else {
	    s = translateChar(STRING_ELT(x, i));
	    if(strlen(s) > minlen) {
		warn = warn | !strIsASCII(s);
		R_AllocStringBuffer(strlen(s), &cbuff);
		SET_STRING_ELT(ans, i, stripchars(s, minlen));
	    } else SET_STRING_ELT(ans, i, mkChar(s));
	}
	vmaxset(vmax);
    }
    if (warn) warning(_("abbreviate used with non-ASCII chars"));
    DUPLICATE_ATTRIB(ans, x);
    /* This copied the class, if any */
    R_FreeStringBufferL(&cbuff);
    UNPROTECT(1);
    return(ans);
}
Example #5
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SEXP attribute_hidden do_substrgets(SEXP call, SEXP op, SEXP args, SEXP env)
{
    SEXP s, x, sa, so, value, el, v_el;
    R_xlen_t i, len;
    int start, stop, k, l, v;
    size_t slen;
    cetype_t ienc, venc;
    const char *ss, *v_ss;
    char *buf;
    const void *vmax;

    checkArity(op, args);
    x = CAR(args);
    sa = CADR(args);
    so = CADDR(args);
    value = CADDDR(args);
    k = LENGTH(sa);
    l = LENGTH(so);

    if (!isString(x))
	error(_("replacing substrings in a non-character object"));
    len = LENGTH(x);
    PROTECT(s = allocVector(STRSXP, len));
    if (len > 0) {
	if (!isInteger(sa) || !isInteger(so) || k == 0 || l == 0)
	    error(_("invalid substring arguments"));

	v = LENGTH(value);
	if (!isString(value) || v == 0) error(_("invalid value"));

	vmax = vmaxget();
	for (i = 0; i < len; i++) {
	    el = STRING_ELT(x, i);
	    v_el = STRING_ELT(value, i % v);
	    start = INTEGER(sa)[i % k];
	    stop = INTEGER(so)[i % l];
	    if (el == NA_STRING || v_el == NA_STRING ||
		start == NA_INTEGER || stop == NA_INTEGER) {
		SET_STRING_ELT(s, i, NA_STRING);
		continue;
	    }
	    ienc = getCharCE(el);
	    ss = CHAR(el);
	    slen = strlen(ss);
	    if (start < 1) start = 1;
	    if (stop > slen) stop = (int) slen; /* SBCS optimization */
	    if (start > stop) {
		/* just copy element across */
		SET_STRING_ELT(s, i, STRING_ELT(x, i));
	    } else {
		int ienc2 = ienc;
		v_ss = CHAR(v_el);
		/* is the value in the same encoding?
		   FIXME: could prefer UTF-8 here
		 */
		venc = getCharCE(v_el);
		if (venc != ienc && !strIsASCII(v_ss)) {
		    ss = translateChar(el);
		    slen = strlen(ss);
		    v_ss = translateChar(v_el);
		    ienc2 = CE_NATIVE;
		}
		/* might expand under MBCS */
		buf = R_AllocStringBuffer(slen+strlen(v_ss), &cbuff);
		strcpy(buf, ss);
		substrset(buf, v_ss, ienc2, start, stop);
		SET_STRING_ELT(s, i, mkCharCE(buf, ienc2));
	    }
	    vmaxset(vmax);
	}
	R_FreeStringBufferL(&cbuff);
    }
    UNPROTECT(1);
    return s;
}
Example #6
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SEXP attribute_hidden do_nchar(SEXP call, SEXP op, SEXP args, SEXP env)
{
    SEXP d, s, x, stype;
    int i, len, allowNA;
    size_t ntype;
    int nc;
    const char *type;
    const char *xi;
    wchar_t *wc;
    const void *vmax;

    checkArity(op, args);
    if (isFactor(CAR(args)))
	error(_("'%s' requires a character vector"), "nchar()");
    PROTECT(x = coerceVector(CAR(args), STRSXP));
    if (!isString(x))
	error(_("'%s' requires a character vector"), "nchar()");
    len = LENGTH(x);
    stype = CADR(args);
    if (!isString(stype) || LENGTH(stype) != 1)
	error(_("invalid '%s' argument"), "type");
    type = CHAR(STRING_ELT(stype, 0)); /* always ASCII */
    ntype = strlen(type);
    if (ntype == 0) error(_("invalid '%s' argument"), "type");
    allowNA = asLogical(CADDR(args));
    if (allowNA == NA_LOGICAL) allowNA = 0;

    PROTECT(s = allocVector(INTSXP, len));
    vmax = vmaxget();
    for (i = 0; i < len; i++) {
	SEXP sxi = STRING_ELT(x, i);
	if (sxi == NA_STRING) {
	    INTEGER(s)[i] = 2;
	    continue;
	}
	if (strncmp(type, "bytes", ntype) == 0) {
	    INTEGER(s)[i] = LENGTH(sxi);
	} else if (strncmp(type, "chars", ntype) == 0) {
	    if (IS_UTF8(sxi)) { /* assume this is valid */
		const char *p = CHAR(sxi);
		nc = 0;
		for( ; *p; p += utf8clen(*p)) nc++;
		INTEGER(s)[i] = nc;
	    } else if (IS_BYTES(sxi)) {
		if (!allowNA) /* could do chars 0 */
		    error(_("number of characters is not computable for element %d in \"bytes\" encoding"), i+1);
		INTEGER(s)[i] = NA_INTEGER;
	    } else if (mbcslocale) {
		nc = mbstowcs(NULL, translateChar(sxi), 0);
		if (!allowNA && nc < 0)
		    error(_("invalid multibyte string %d"), i+1);
		INTEGER(s)[i] = nc >= 0 ? nc : NA_INTEGER;
	    } else
		INTEGER(s)[i] = strlen(translateChar(sxi));
	} else if (strncmp(type, "width", ntype) == 0) {
	    if (IS_UTF8(sxi)) { /* assume this is valid */
		const char *p = CHAR(sxi);
		wchar_t wc1;
		nc = 0;
		for( ; *p; p += utf8clen(*p)) {
		    utf8toucs(&wc1, p);
		    nc += Ri18n_wcwidth(wc1);
		}
		INTEGER(s)[i] = nc;
	    } else if (IS_BYTES(sxi)) {
		if (!allowNA) /* could do width 0 */
		    error(_("width is not computable for element %d in \"bytes\" encoding"), i+1);
		INTEGER(s)[i] = NA_INTEGER;
	    } else if (mbcslocale) {
		xi = translateChar(sxi);
		nc = mbstowcs(NULL, xi, 0);
		if (nc >= 0) {
		    wc = (wchar_t *) R_AllocStringBuffer((nc+1)*sizeof(wchar_t), &cbuff);

		    mbstowcs(wc, xi, nc + 1);
		    INTEGER(s)[i] = Ri18n_wcswidth(wc, 2147483647);
		    if (INTEGER(s)[i] < 1) INTEGER(s)[i] = nc;
		} else if (allowNA)
		    error(_("invalid multibyte string %d"), i+1);
		else
		    INTEGER(s)[i] = NA_INTEGER;
	    } else
		INTEGER(s)[i] = strlen(translateChar(sxi));
	} else
	    error(_("invalid '%s' argument"), "type");
	vmaxset(vmax);
    }
    R_FreeStringBufferL(&cbuff);
    if ((d = getAttrib(x, R_NamesSymbol)) != R_NilValue)
	setAttrib(s, R_NamesSymbol, d);
    if ((d = getAttrib(x, R_DimSymbol)) != R_NilValue)
	setAttrib(s, R_DimSymbol, d);
    if ((d = getAttrib(x, R_DimNamesSymbol)) != R_NilValue)
	setAttrib(s, R_DimNamesSymbol, d);
    UNPROTECT(2);
    return s;
}
Example #7
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/* Note that NA_STRING is not handled separately here.  This is
   deliberate -- see ?paste -- and implicitly coerces it to "NA"
*/
SEXP attribute_hidden do_paste(SEXP call, SEXP op, SEXP args, SEXP env)
{
    SEXP ans, collapse, sep, x;
    int sepw, u_sepw, ienc;
    R_xlen_t i, j, k, maxlen, nx, pwidth;
    const char *s, *cbuf, *csep=NULL, *u_csep=NULL;
    char *buf;
    Rboolean allKnown, anyKnown, use_UTF8, use_Bytes,
	sepASCII = TRUE, sepUTF8 = FALSE, sepBytes = FALSE, sepKnown = FALSE,
	use_sep = (PRIMVAL(op) == 0);
    const void *vmax;

    checkArity(op, args);

    /* We use formatting and so we must initialize printing. */

    PrintDefaults();

    /* Check the arguments */

    x = CAR(args);
    if (!isVectorList(x))
	error(_("invalid first argument"));
    nx = xlength(x);

    if(use_sep) { /* paste(..., sep, .) */
	sep = CADR(args);
	if (!isString(sep) || LENGTH(sep) <= 0 || STRING_ELT(sep, 0) == NA_STRING)
	    error(_("invalid separator"));
	sep = STRING_ELT(sep, 0);
	csep = translateChar(sep);
	u_sepw = sepw = (int) strlen(csep); // will be short
	sepASCII = strIsASCII(csep);
	sepKnown = ENC_KNOWN(sep) > 0;
	sepUTF8 = IS_UTF8(sep);
	sepBytes = IS_BYTES(sep);
	collapse = CADDR(args);
    } else { /* paste0(..., .) */
	u_sepw = sepw = 0; sep = R_NilValue;/* -Wall */
	collapse = CADR(args);
    }
    if (!isNull(collapse))
	if(!isString(collapse) || LENGTH(collapse) <= 0 ||
	   STRING_ELT(collapse, 0) == NA_STRING)
	    error(_("invalid '%s' argument"), "collapse");
    if(nx == 0)
	return (!isNull(collapse)) ? mkString("") : allocVector(STRSXP, 0);


    /* Maximum argument length, coerce if needed */

    maxlen = 0;
    for (j = 0; j < nx; j++) {
	if (!isString(VECTOR_ELT(x, j))) {
	    /* formerly in R code: moved to C for speed */
	    SEXP call, xj = VECTOR_ELT(x, j);
	    if(OBJECT(xj)) { /* method dispatch */
		PROTECT(call = lang2(install("as.character"), xj));
		SET_VECTOR_ELT(x, j, eval(call, env));
		UNPROTECT(1);
	    } else if (isSymbol(xj))
		SET_VECTOR_ELT(x, j, ScalarString(PRINTNAME(xj)));
	    else
		SET_VECTOR_ELT(x, j, coerceVector(xj, STRSXP));

	    if (!isString(VECTOR_ELT(x, j)))
		error(_("non-string argument to internal 'paste'"));
	}
	if(xlength(VECTOR_ELT(x, j)) > maxlen)
	    maxlen = xlength(VECTOR_ELT(x, j));
    }
    if(maxlen == 0)
	return (!isNull(collapse)) ? mkString("") : allocVector(STRSXP, 0);

    PROTECT(ans = allocVector(STRSXP, maxlen));

    for (i = 0; i < maxlen; i++) {
	/* Strategy for marking the encoding: if all inputs (including
	 * the separator) are ASCII, so is the output and we don't
	 * need to mark.  Otherwise if all non-ASCII inputs are of
	 * declared encoding, we should mark.
	 * Need to be careful only to include separator if it is used.
	 */
	anyKnown = FALSE; allKnown = TRUE; use_UTF8 = FALSE; use_Bytes = FALSE;
	if(nx > 1) {
	    allKnown = sepKnown || sepASCII;
	    anyKnown = sepKnown;
	    use_UTF8 = sepUTF8;
	    use_Bytes = sepBytes;
	}

	pwidth = 0;
	for (j = 0; j < nx; j++) {
	    k = xlength(VECTOR_ELT(x, j));
	    if (k > 0) {
		SEXP cs = STRING_ELT(VECTOR_ELT(x, j), i % k);
		if(IS_UTF8(cs)) use_UTF8 = TRUE;
		if(IS_BYTES(cs)) use_Bytes = TRUE;
	    }
	}
	if (use_Bytes) use_UTF8 = FALSE;
	vmax = vmaxget();
	for (j = 0; j < nx; j++) {
	    k = xlength(VECTOR_ELT(x, j));
	    if (k > 0) {
		if(use_Bytes)
		    pwidth += strlen(CHAR(STRING_ELT(VECTOR_ELT(x, j), i % k)));
		else if(use_UTF8)
		    pwidth += strlen(translateCharUTF8(STRING_ELT(VECTOR_ELT(x, j), i % k)));
		else
		    pwidth += strlen(translateChar(STRING_ELT(VECTOR_ELT(x, j), i % k)));
		vmaxset(vmax);
	    }
	}
	if(use_sep) {
	    if (use_UTF8 && !u_csep) {
		u_csep = translateCharUTF8(sep);
		u_sepw = (int) strlen(u_csep); // will be short
	    }
	    pwidth += (nx - 1) * (use_UTF8 ? u_sepw : sepw);
	}
	if (pwidth > INT_MAX)
	    error(_("result would exceed 2^31-1 bytes"));
	cbuf = buf = R_AllocStringBuffer(pwidth, &cbuff);
	vmax = vmaxget();
	for (j = 0; j < nx; j++) {
	    k = xlength(VECTOR_ELT(x, j));
	    if (k > 0) {
		SEXP cs = STRING_ELT(VECTOR_ELT(x, j), i % k);
		if (use_UTF8) {
		    s = translateCharUTF8(cs);
		    strcpy(buf, s);
		    buf += strlen(s);
		} else {
		    s = use_Bytes ? CHAR(cs) : translateChar(cs);
		    strcpy(buf, s);
		    buf += strlen(s);
		    allKnown = allKnown && (strIsASCII(s) || (ENC_KNOWN(cs)> 0));
		    anyKnown = anyKnown || (ENC_KNOWN(cs)> 0);
		}
	    }
	    if (sepw != 0 && j != nx - 1) {
		if (use_UTF8) {
		    strcpy(buf, u_csep);
		    buf += u_sepw;
		} else {
		    strcpy(buf, csep);
		    buf += sepw;
		}
	    }
	    vmax = vmaxget();
	}
	ienc = 0;
	if(use_UTF8) ienc = CE_UTF8;
	else if(use_Bytes) ienc = CE_BYTES;
	else if(anyKnown && allKnown) {
	    if(known_to_be_latin1) ienc = CE_LATIN1;
	    if(known_to_be_utf8) ienc = CE_UTF8;
	}
	SET_STRING_ELT(ans, i, mkCharCE(cbuf, ienc));
    }

    /* Now collapse, if required. */

    if(collapse != R_NilValue && (nx = XLENGTH(ans)) > 0) {
	sep = STRING_ELT(collapse, 0);
	use_UTF8 = IS_UTF8(sep);
	use_Bytes = IS_BYTES(sep);
	for (i = 0; i < nx; i++) {
	    if(IS_UTF8(STRING_ELT(ans, i))) use_UTF8 = TRUE;
	    if(IS_BYTES(STRING_ELT(ans, i))) use_Bytes = TRUE;
	}
	if(use_Bytes) {
	    csep = CHAR(sep);
	    use_UTF8 = FALSE;
	} else if(use_UTF8)
	    csep = translateCharUTF8(sep);
	else
	    csep = translateChar(sep);
	sepw = (int) strlen(csep);
	anyKnown = ENC_KNOWN(sep) > 0;
	allKnown = anyKnown || strIsASCII(csep);
	pwidth = 0;
	vmax = vmaxget();
	for (i = 0; i < nx; i++)
	    if(use_UTF8) {
		pwidth += strlen(translateCharUTF8(STRING_ELT(ans, i)));
		vmaxset(vmax);
	    } else /* already translated */
		pwidth += strlen(CHAR(STRING_ELT(ans, i)));
	pwidth += (nx - 1) * sepw;
	if (pwidth > INT_MAX)
	    error(_("result would exceed 2^31-1 bytes"));
	cbuf = buf = R_AllocStringBuffer(pwidth, &cbuff);
	vmax = vmaxget();
	for (i = 0; i < nx; i++) {
	    if(i > 0) {
		strcpy(buf, csep);
		buf += sepw;
	    }
	    if(use_UTF8)
		s = translateCharUTF8(STRING_ELT(ans, i));
	    else /* already translated */
		s = CHAR(STRING_ELT(ans, i));
	    strcpy(buf, s);
	    while (*buf)
		buf++;
	    allKnown = allKnown &&
		(strIsASCII(s) || (ENC_KNOWN(STRING_ELT(ans, i)) > 0));
	    anyKnown = anyKnown || (ENC_KNOWN(STRING_ELT(ans, i)) > 0);
	    if(use_UTF8) vmaxset(vmax);
	}
	UNPROTECT(1);
	ienc = CE_NATIVE;
	if(use_UTF8) ienc = CE_UTF8;
	else if(use_Bytes) ienc = CE_BYTES;
	else if(anyKnown && allKnown) {
	    if(known_to_be_latin1) ienc = CE_LATIN1;
	    if(known_to_be_utf8) ienc = CE_UTF8;
	}
	PROTECT(ans = allocVector(STRSXP, 1));
	SET_STRING_ELT(ans, 0, mkCharCE(cbuf, ienc));
    }
    R_FreeStringBufferL(&cbuff);
    UNPROTECT(1);
    return ans;
}
Example #8
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SEXP attribute_hidden do_filepath(SEXP call, SEXP op, SEXP args, SEXP env)
{
    SEXP ans, sep, x;
    int i, j, k, ln, maxlen, nx, nzero, pwidth, sepw;
    const char *s, *csep, *cbuf;
    char *buf;

    checkArity(op, args);

    /* Check the arguments */

    x = CAR(args);
    if (!isVectorList(x))
	error(_("invalid first argument"));
    nx = length(x);
    if(nx == 0) return allocVector(STRSXP, 0);


    sep = CADR(args);
    if (!isString(sep) || LENGTH(sep) <= 0 || STRING_ELT(sep, 0) == NA_STRING)
	error(_("invalid separator"));
    sep = STRING_ELT(sep, 0);
    csep = CHAR(sep);
    sepw = (int) strlen(csep); /* hopefully 1 */

    /* Any zero-length argument gives zero-length result */
    maxlen = 0; nzero = 0;
    for (j = 0; j < nx; j++) {
	if (!isString(VECTOR_ELT(x, j))) {
	    /* formerly in R code: moved to C for speed */
	    SEXP call, xj = VECTOR_ELT(x, j);
	    if(OBJECT(xj)) { /* method dispatch */
		PROTECT(call = lang2(install("as.character"), xj));
		SET_VECTOR_ELT(x, j, eval(call, env));
		UNPROTECT(1);
	    } else if (isSymbol(xj))
		SET_VECTOR_ELT(x, j, ScalarString(PRINTNAME(xj)));
	    else
		SET_VECTOR_ELT(x, j, coerceVector(xj, STRSXP));

	    if (!isString(VECTOR_ELT(x, j)))
		error(_("non-string argument to Internal paste"));
	}
	ln = length(VECTOR_ELT(x, j));
	if(ln > maxlen) maxlen = ln;
	if(ln == 0) {nzero++; break;}
    }
    if(nzero || maxlen == 0) return allocVector(STRSXP, 0);

    PROTECT(ans = allocVector(STRSXP, maxlen));

    for (i = 0; i < maxlen; i++) {
	pwidth = 0;
	for (j = 0; j < nx; j++) {
	    k = length(VECTOR_ELT(x, j));
	    pwidth += (int) strlen(translateChar(STRING_ELT(VECTOR_ELT(x, j), i % k)));
	}
	pwidth += (nx - 1) * sepw;
	cbuf = buf = R_AllocStringBuffer(pwidth, &cbuff);
	for (j = 0; j < nx; j++) {
	    k = length(VECTOR_ELT(x, j));
	    if (k > 0) {
		s = translateChar(STRING_ELT(VECTOR_ELT(x, j), i % k));
		strcpy(buf, s);
		buf += strlen(s);
	    }
	    if (j != nx - 1 && sepw != 0) {
		strcpy(buf, csep);
		buf += sepw;
	    }
	}
#ifdef Win32
	// Trailing seps are invalid for file paths except for / and d:/
	if(streql(csep, "/") || streql(csep, "\\")) {
	    if(buf > cbuf) {
		buf--;
		if(*buf == csep[0] && buf > cbuf &&
		   (buf != cbuf+2 || cbuf[1] != ':')) *buf = '\0';
	    }
	}
#endif
	SET_STRING_ELT(ans, i, mkChar(cbuf));
    }
    R_FreeStringBufferL(&cbuff);
    UNPROTECT(1);
    return ans;
}