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graphemes.R
> library("stringr")
> str_sub("ñ", start = -1)
[1] "̃"
> str_sub("ñ", start = -1)
[1] "ñ"
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What's the difference between the two? The way you write ñ?

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Yes, one was written using a combining character. In a Julia REPL, you can generate the first by writing the following and hitting tab to complete it:

julia> n\tilde

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Ugh.

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