charzero_as_empty: Treats zero-length character vectors as empty strings
Description
If the argument is a zero-length character vector (character(0)), returns
an empty string (which is a character vector of length 1). Otherwise passes
through the argument.
Usage
charzero_as_empty(x)
Value
an empty string if x is a character vector of length zero, and x
otherwise
Arguments
x
the object to be tested for zero-length character vector