[R] Paste function and backslash

[Roger Bivand]

On Fri, 8 Dec 2006, Szymon Wlazlowski wrote:

> Dear useRs,
> 
> calls and results below:
> > paste("\ \n")
> [1] " \n"
> *but*
> > paste("\ \N")
> [1] " N"
> Question: Is that by design? If so, how can I obtain simple LaTeX-type:
> [1] "\N"

FAQ 7.37:

http://cran.r-project.org/doc/FAQ/R-FAQ.html#Why-does-backslash-behave-strangely-inside-strings_003f


> 
> > version
> platform       i386-pc-linux-gnu
> arch           i386
> os             linux-gnu
> system         i386, linux-gnu
> status
> major          2
> minor          4.0
> year           2006
> month          10
> day            03
> svn rev        39566
> language       R
> version.string R version 2.4.0 (2006-10-03)
> 

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