Hi Dimitris, Thanks for your suggestion. cat(datadir) displays
D:/Users/Erik/Praxis2/ VOIs/individual/nomask/ categorized/collapsed/R_data/ of which output is NULL. I need something that export a string with the multiple lines in the script being "glued" together and without the "\n" in it. Erik On 10/18/06, Dimitrios Rizopoulos <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > maybe you're looking for: > > cat(datadir) > > > I hope it helps. > > Best, > Dimitris > > ---- > Dimitris Rizopoulos > Ph.D. Student > Biostatistical Centre > School of Public Health > Catholic University of Leuven > > Address: Kapucijnenvoer 35, Leuven, Belgium > Tel: +32/(0)16/336899 > Fax: +32/(0)16/337015 > Web: http://med.kuleuven.be/biostat/ > http://www.student.kuleuven.be/~m0390867/dimitris.htm > > > Quoting Erik Chang <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > Dear R experts, > > > > I wonder how can one input a string variable in multiple lines in a R > > script. I've seen solution to the command line continuation in the > > non-string situation (just continute at the new line). However, that > > doesn't work for strings because the new line character, "\n", is > > included in the resultant string. For example, if I type the following > > in a script: > > > > datadir=" X:/level1/level2 > > /level3/level4/ > > level5/level6" > > > > after executing the script, string variable "datadir" becomes > > > > "X:/level1/level2\n/level3/level4/\nlevel5/level6" > > > > Someone has suggested to use "paste()" for putting pieces of strings > > together, but I would like to see if there is any other simpler > > workaround for multiline string continuation. > > > > Best, > > > > Erik > > > > > > > > -- > > Erik Chang, PhD > > CIHR Group for Action and Perception > > The University of Western Ontario > > Department of Psychology > > Room 6256 Social Science Centre > > London, ON, Canada. N6A 5C2 > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > http://ulysses.ssc.uwo.ca/ > > > > TEL: 1-519-661-2111 ext. 88190. > > FAX: 1-519-661-3961 > > > > ______________________________________________ > > R-help@stat.math.ethz.ch mailing list > > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > > PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html > > and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. > > > > > > > > Disclaimer: http://www.kuleuven.be/cwis/email_disclaimer.htm > > -- Erik Chang, PhD CIHR Group for Action and Perception The University of Western Ontario Department of Psychology Room 6256 Social Science Centre London, ON, Canada. N6A 5C2 [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://ulysses.ssc.uwo.ca/ TEL: 1-519-661-2111 ext. 88190. FAX: 1-519-661-3961 ______________________________________________ R-help@stat.math.ethz.ch mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.
