[R] Problem with print() and backslashes.

[Kevin Brinkmann]

Dear R List

I have a small problem concerning the output of print().

My version:

> R.version
         _
platform i386-portbld-freebsd5.2
arch     i386
os       freebsd5.2
system   i386, freebsd5.2
status
major    1
minor    9.0
year     2004
month    04
day      12
language R

Consider this: I want to print a backslash with an exclamation mark. Here
is the output.

> print( "\!" )
[1] "!"

Now I try it differently...

> print( "\\!" )
[1] "\\!"

The output contains two backslashes. Why?

Regards,

Kevin