I am using the file.choose() function to choose a file from the dialog box and
once I get it, I want to be able to split the full name into the folder part
and the file name part. So for example, when I have closed the file choose
dialog, the name for the file I get is
Fname1
[1] "D:\\Data\\OneDrive\\ISTA Documents\\QT_App\\QT Analysis Input Data Example
WorkBook.xlsx"
where the "\\" is used to split the folder and sub-folder and file names. R see
this "\\" as a single \ backslash character.
Now I try to split it using
str_split(Fname1,"\\")
but this returns an error
Error in stri_split_regex(string, pattern, n = n, simplify = simplify, :
Unrecognized backslash escape sequence in pattern. (U_REGEX_BAD_ESCAPE_SEQUENCE)
I know its got something to do with the \\ because it is treated as a single
backslash character. But replacing the str_split with
str_split(Fname1,"\")
does not work either.
Any ideas on how I can handle the \\ and split the full name into its pieces?
Lion Bernard McGarvey
Director, Fort Myers Beach Lions Foundation, Inc.
Retired (Lilly Engineering Fellow).
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