[R] Quotes inside char string

[David Winsemius]

On Dec 20, 2011, at 2:31 PM, Mike Pfeiff wrote:

> Thank you Uwe.  I can't get my sqlQuery to work and thought that it  
> must be the "\" embedded in the text string, I guess not if R  
> doesn't pass the "\".  Thanks for your response.

But it did pass the '"'. How does that software deal with an  
expression like:

Test Score="A

I'm guessing that your failure to close the quotes is part of the  
problem ( as well as your use of cat() ).

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Uwe Ligges [mailto:ligges at statistik.tu-dortmund.de]
> Sent: Tuesday, December 20, 2011 1:20 PM
> To: Mike Pfeiff
> Cc: 'R-help at r-project.org'
> Subject: Re: [R] Quotes inside char string
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> On 20.12.2011 20:10, Mike Pfeiff wrote:
>> How do I return a character string with quotes inside string?
>>
>> For example, what logic do I use if I want to return the following:
>>
>> Test Score="A"
>>
>> I tried the following  ....
>>
>>                Score<-paste("Test Score=","A",sep='"')
>>
>> But it returned a "\" inside:
>>
>>
>>                "Test Score=\"A"
>>
>>
>>
>> Any assistance would be greatly appreciated.
>
> That is the print()ed R representation of it. The underlying value
> *within* the quoted string is actually:
>  Test Score="A
> and that is always true. E.g. in your example with the SQL query  
> this question probably is derived from.
> cat() shows the actual version (but does not return) it.
>
> Uwe Ligges
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David Winsemius, MD
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