Most importantly, "\\" is a string literal containing ONE backslash character.
Yes you can create strings in R source code that represent Windows-style paths,
but they must APPEAR different in that context. You may find it helpful to know
that the print function can output escaped strings suitable for inclusion in R
code, while the cat function can output those same strings without the escaping.
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On May 20, 2014 5:28:50 AM PDT, peter dalgaard <pda...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>On 20 May 2014, at 12:37 , Knut Krueger <r...@knut-krueger.de> wrote:
>
>>
>> Is there any function to change the windows path to linux path?
>>
>> especially I would like to have the possibility to use
>> f.e
>> path="C:\foo1\foo2\"
>> I can import those paths with
>> path = readline() but not directly in a script
>>
>
>In R string specifications, \ is an escape character. \n is newline, \b
>rings the bell, \" is a double quote, etc. So "C:\foo1\foo2\" is
>unterminated and containes 2 form feed characters.
>
>There's no way around using \\ to specify a backslash in a string
>literal. For file paths, you can also use the forward slash instead of
>the backslash.
>
>> Regards Knut
>>
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