Backslash in character string (PR#1887)

[Andreas.Kiermeier@adelaide.edu.au]

Full_Name: Andreas Kiermeier
Version: 1.5.1
OS: NT4.0
Submission from: (NULL) (129.127.41.28)


R appears not to be able to print a single backslash in a string, see example
session below.  The same happens on Solaris 2.6 using R 1.5.1.

> version
         _              
platform i386-pc-mingw32
arch     i386           
os       mingw32        
system   i386, mingw32  
status                  
major    1              
minor    5.1            
year     2002           
month    06             
day      17             
language R              
> "\"
Error: syntax error
> "\\"
[1] "\\"
> "\lambda"
[1] "lambda"
> "\\lambda"
[1] "\\lambda"
> "\134lambda"
[1] "\\lambda"


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