[R] pasting "\" into character strings
ripley@stats.ox.ac.uk
ripley at stats.ox.ac.uk
Sun Dec 22 09:46:02 CET 2002
On Sun, 22 Dec 2002, Jeff Gentry wrote:
> > write an R function that writes references to Windows files into a text
> > file, where a different Windows programs will later read these references
> > in the standard Windows syntax.
> > Can someone tell me how to create the character string
> > 'c:\work\part1.txt' from the parts, "c:", "work", an "part1.txt"?
>
> I don't have access to a Windows machine right now to test this, but might
> file.path() help here?
It would, but it generates the other Windows standard, using /.
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