Haven't tried fancyvrb, but meanwhile this fixes it:

http://www.latex-community.org/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=2783&p=10955#p10955

On Sat, Oct 18, 2008 at 12:00 AM, Henrik Bengtsson <hb@stat.berkeley.edu>wrote:

> Check out the 'fancyvrb' latex package - that is quite flexible and I
> wouldn't be surprised if it can help you.  Make sure to read the docs
> (fancyvrb.pdf).
>
> /H
>
> On Fri, Oct 17, 2008 at 8:37 PM, erwann rogard <erwann.rogard@gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > Thanks for clarifying. Yes, \$ works in latex, but not *within* the
> > lstlisting environment.
> >
> > On Fri, Oct 17, 2008 at 11:32 PM, Gabor Grothendieck <
> > ggrothendieck@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >> Greg was referring to what to write in R character literals in order to
> >> generate
> >> a single \ in the output from R which in turn would be fed into latex or
> >> Sweave
> >> and then latex.  Google this: special characters in latex
> >>
> >> On Fri, Oct 17, 2008 at 11:23 PM, erwann rogard <
> erwann.rogard@gmail.com>
> >> wrote:
> >> > Thanks, but unfortunately
> >> >
> >> > \begin{lstlisting}
> >> > \\$
> >> > \end{lstlisting}
> >> >  and
> >> >
> >> > \begin{lstlisting}
> >> > \\\\$
> >> > \end{lstlisting}
> >> >
> >> > still generate the same error.
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > On Fri, Oct 17, 2008 at 9:38 PM, Greg Snow <Greg.Snow@imail.org>
> wrote:
> >> >
> >> >> The $ is special in TeX/LaTeX as a shortcut for beginning/ending
> inline
> >> >> math mode, so if you want an actual $ then you need to escape it so
> that
> >> the
> >> >> TeX/LaTeX file has \$ in it.  This means that in your R code that
> >> generates
> >> >> the file you may need \\$ or in some cases \\\\$.
> >> >>
> >> >> Hope this helps,
> >> >>
> >> >> --
> >> >> Gregory (Greg) L. Snow Ph.D.
> >> >> Statistical Data Center
> >> >> Intermountain Healthcare
> >> >> greg.snow@imail.org
> >> >> 801.408.8111
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >> > -----Original Message-----
> >> >> > From: r-help-bounces@r-project.org [mailto:r-help-bounces@r-
> >> >> > project.org] On Behalf Of erwann rogard
> >> >> > Sent: Friday, October 17, 2008 5:18 PM
> >> >> > To: r-help@r-project.org
> >> >> > Subject: [R] R-code in Latex --- $ sign causes error
> >> >> >
> >> >> > hi,
> >> >> >
> >> >> > here's what i have:
> >> >> >
> >> >> > \lstset{
> >> >> >   basicstyle=\ttfamily,
> >> >> >   keywordstyle=\bfseries,
> >> >> >   showstringspaces=false,
> >> >> >   columns = fullflexible,
> >> >> >   mathescape = true,
> >> >> >  language=R
> >> >> > }
> >> >> >
> >> >> > \begin{lstlisting}
> >> >> > lst$val<-val
> >> >> > \end{lstlisting}
> >> >> >
> >> >> > ./software.tex:16:Extra }, or forgotten \endgroup. lst$
> >> >> >
> >> >> > the culprit here is the $ sign.
> >> >> >
> >> >> > thanks.
> >> >> >
> >> >> > ps:
> >> >> >
> >> >> > i'm posting here rather than Latex is bec i guess an R user is more
> >> >> > likely 2
> >> >> > to have encountered this before, but if not ok, pls let me know.
> >> >> >
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