Escape the backslash with another backslash, i.e., gsub("\\","/","X:\\Classes\\TT\\Automation", fixed = TRUE)
best, Ista On Tue, May 26, 2015 at 9:30 PM, Dan Abner <dan.abne...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi all, > > I realize that the backslash is an escape character in R, therefore, I > am trying to replace it with a forward slash. Can someone please > suggest how to get this code to work? > >> lib<-gsub("\","/","X:\Classes\TT\Automation") > Error: unexpected symbol in "lib<-gsub("\","/","X" > > > Thanks, > > Dan > > ______________________________________________ > R-help@r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html > and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.