You can try noquote also:

noquote(paste('abc', '"xyz"', sep = ""))


On Wed, Jun 30, 2010 at 3:31 PM, Paul Evans <p.evans48@yahoo.com> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> How can I get double quotes embedded in the string?
>
> Example:
>
> --------------
> str1 <- '"xyz"'
>
> ## desired output
> # abc"xyz"
>
> qr2 <- paste('abc',str1,sep='')
> print(qr2)
>
> -----------------
>
> Actual output:
>
> > [1] "abc\"str\""
>
> I also tried putting an escape sequence before the quote, but couldn't get
> the
> string that I want.
>
>
> thanks,
>
>
>
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