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fix: str_replace_all() error with named input and function replacement#605

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fix: str_replace_all() error with named input and function replacement#605
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Fixes #595

Problem

str_replace_all() errors when all three conditions are met:

  1. string is a named character vector
  2. replacement is a function
  3. The pattern matches multiple times in at least one element
str_replace_all(c(name = "string string"), "string", function(x) rep("strong", length(x)))
#> Error in vctrs::list_unchop():
#> ! Can't merge the outer name 'name' with a vector of length > 1.

Root Cause

str_transform_all() passes the named list from str_sub_all() directly to vctrs::list_unchop(), which can't propagate outer names when inner vectors have length > 1. This was introduced when the function switched from unlist() to list_unchop().

Fix

Three minimal changes in str_transform_all() (R/replace.R):

  1. Save names(string) before processing
  2. Use unname(old) in list_unchop()
  3. Restore names after replacement

Tests

  • Added test for the exact bug scenario (named input + function replacement + multiple matches)
  • Added test with multiple named elements and function replacement
  • All existing tests pass: FAIL: 0 | WARN: 0 | SKIP: 39 | PASS: all remaining

When str_replace_all() receives a named character vector and a function
replacement, and the pattern matches multiple times per element, it errors
because vctrs::list_unchop() can't propagate outer names to inner vectors
with length > 1.

Fix: save names before processing, use unname(old) in list_unchop(),
and restore names after replacement.

Fixes #595
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Withdrawing this because checks are failing and I should not ask maintainers to review an unready automated PR. Sorry for the noise, and thank you for maintaining stringr.

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str_replace_all errors with multiple matches, a named string vector, and a function replacement

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