[R] multiline string continuation

[Dimitrios Rizopoulos]

maybe you're looking for:

cat(datadir)


I hope it helps.

Best,
Dimitris

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Quoting Erik Chang <audachang at gmail.com>:

> Dear R experts,
>
> I wonder how can one input a string variable in multiple lines in a R
> script. I've seen solution to the command line continuation in the
> non-string situation (just continute at the new line). However, that
> doesn't work for strings because the new line character, "\n", is
> included in the resultant string. For example, if I type the following
> in a script:
>
> datadir=" X:/level1/level2
> /level3/level4/
> level5/level6"
>
> after executing the script, string variable "datadir" becomes
>
> "X:/level1/level2\n/level3/level4/\nlevel5/level6"
>
> Someone has suggested to use "paste()" for putting pieces of strings
> together, but I would like to see if there is any other simpler
> workaround for multiline string continuation.
>
> Best,
>
> Erik
>
>
>
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