[R] How not to print '\\' as '\\'

[Gavin Simpson]

On Tue, 2010-07-06 at 19:08 -0700, Joshua Wiley wrote:
> Try cat(), for instance:
> 
> > cat("\\\n")
> \
> >
> 
> The extra \n is needed for a proper line break.

Or

writeLines("\\")

Which handles the newline for you. ?writeLines.

HTH

G

> 
> HTH,
> 
> Josh
> 
> On Tue, Jul 6, 2010 at 7:01 PM, thmsfuller066 at gmail.com
> <thmsfuller066 at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Hello All,
> >
> > '\\' is printed as '\\', but it is actually only one character.
> > Sometimes, I'd rather print it as a single '\'. Is there a function to
> > do so in R?
> >
> >> nchar('\\')
> > [1] 1
> >> print('\\')
> > [1] "\\"
> >
> > --
> > Tom
> >
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> 

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