Re: character matrix inputs to string functions

[José Abílio Matos]

On Thursday, 20 February 2020 19.55.36 WET Nicholas Jankowski wrote:
> i agree, absent some need for it to error, there's no reason we can't keep
> extended function.  i can think of little reason for someone to want a
> replace operation on a string in a columnwise fashion. Char arrays like
> that are generally built 'horizontally' when they're representing strings
> in the first place, and a string replace would follow suit.  Unless I'm
> missing something, in which case there could be a 'colunmwise' flag that
> dosen't preserve size , but that sounds like a headache.

FWIW I agree with Nicholas and Andrew. :-)
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José Matos