> df <- data.frame(a = "a\"b", v = 4, z = "this is Z") > write.csv(df, "test.csv", row.names = FALSE, quote = FALSE) > read.csv("test.csv", quote = "")
Unfortunately my real example is more like: df <- data.frame(a = "a\"b", v = 4, z = "this is: A, B, C") so quote = F won't work. Can write.table and read.table really be so asymmetric? Hadley -- Assistant Professor / Dobelman Family Junior Chair Department of Statistics / Rice University http://had.co.nz/ ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list 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.