[R] do not execute newline command

[Kenn Konstabel]

On Tue, Apr 5, 2011 at 10:40 AM, Lorenzo Cattarino
<l.cattarino at uq.edu.au> wrote:
> Hi R-users,
>
> To automate the creation of scripts, I converted the code (example below) into a character string and wrote the object to a file:
>
> Repeat <- "
> myvec <- c(1:12)
> cat('vector= ', myvec, '\n')
> "
>
> write (Repeat, 'yourpath/test.R')
>
> the problem is that one line of the code is a "cat" command. In the output file (i.e. test.R), the newline symbol gets executed and I don't want that.
>
> Any idea on how to do that?

You can "escape" the newline symbol (i.e., write an extra \ before it):

Repeat <- "
myvec <- c(1:12)
cat('vector= ', myvec, '\\n')
"

write (Repeat, 'test.R')



> Thanks
> Lorenzo
>
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