[R] multiline string continuation

[Erik Chang]

Great! It works.

Erik

On 10/18/06, Gabor Grothendieck <ggrothendieck at gmail.com> wrote:
> May this:
>
> gsub("\n", "", "
> X:/level1/level2
> /level3/level4/
> level5/level6
> ")
>
> On 10/18/06, Erik Chang <audachang at gmail.com> wrote:
> > 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
> >
> >