Test for the condition you are looking for. If the grep does not match, it
returns a vector of length zero

> a='hello world'
> if (length(grep('hellow',a)) != 0) {
+ print("wow")
+ } else {
+ print("wow2")
+   }
[1] "wow2"
>


On Thu, Mar 11, 2010 at 6:59 PM, Dan Joo <djoo@(protected):

> I am new to R, so I beg your indulgence.
> > a='hello world'
> > if (grep('hellow',a)) {
> print("wow")
> } else {
> print("wow2")
>   }
> Error in if (grep("hellow", a)) { : argument is of length zero
>
> What is the proper syntax to ensure that "wow2" gets printed?
>
> Thank you for your help!
>
> Dan
>
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