Error in df_append()

[nicfre]

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Brief description of the problem:
I tried to run unite (tidyr package) to combine two columns in a metadata dataframe into one. This worked on a subset dataframe of the same data 10 minutes ago. But now I got an error stating that I should report it to you, since this is an internal error in the tidyr package. I have pasted in the backtrace below and the Error message. The pasted reprex is very short and I am not sure if it should be longer or if this is what I should expect. Hope this is helpful, and let me know if you need more information from me.

Backtrace:

1. tidyr::unite(...)
2. tidyr:::unite.data.frame(...)
3. tidyr:::df_append(after = after)

Error:
Error in df_append():
! after must be a number between 0 and 47, not the number 48.
ℹ This is an internal error that was detected in the tidyr package.
Please report it at https://github.com/tidyverse/tidyr/issues with a reprex and the full backtrace.

https://reprex.tidyverse.org/

    #> Error in parse(text = input): attempt to use zero-length variable name

<sup>Created on 2024-10-17 with [reprex v2.1.1](https://reprex.tidyverse.org)</sup>

[DavisVaughan]

This is likely fixed in devel tidyr, can you try it? You'd install it with pak::pak("tidyverse/tidyr") then restart R

[nicfre]

Thanks! That works!