Re: [R] \ escape sequence and windows path

2014-05-22 Thread Knut Krueger
Am 20.05.2014 19:03, schrieb Duncan Murdoch: I have no idea what you mean by a callback from utils. clipboard {utils} readClipboard function (format = 1L, raw = FALSE) .Call(C_readClipboard, format, raw) bytecode: 0x080d6c20 environment: namespace:utils I do not know whether it is an real

Re: [R] \ escape sequence and windows path

2014-05-22 Thread Knut Krueger
Sorry https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Callback_%28computer_programming%29 Knut __ R-help@r-project.org 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

Re: [R] \ escape sequence and windows path

2014-05-21 Thread Michael Friendly
An easy non-R solution is to use a clipboard utility like PathCopy. Most have the capability to configure how a windows path is copied to the clipboard. On 5/20/2014 6:37 AM, Knut Krueger wrote: Is there any function to change the windows path to linux path? especially I would like to have

Re: [R] \ escape sequence and windows path

2014-05-21 Thread Knut Krueger
Am 20.05.2014 19:00, schrieb David L Carlson: Now I understand. Not really a solution, but you can instruct students to use only forward slashes in their paths since R will convert to backslash on Windows systems automatically. After a couple of broken commands, they should get the hang of

Re: [R] \ escape sequence and windows path

2014-05-21 Thread Jeff Newmiller
I tend to view this as enforced training in string escaping. One option i have not seen mentioned is the file.choose function, which is GUI but a little tedious for deep directories. --- Jeff Newmiller

Re: [R] \ escape sequence and windows path

2014-05-21 Thread Gabor Grothendieck
On Wed, May 21, 2014 at 9:25 AM, Jeff Newmiller jdnew...@dcn.davis.ca.us wrote: I tend to view this as enforced training in string escaping. One option i have not seen mentioned is the file.choose function, which is GUI but a little tedious for deep directories. I also was thinking about

[R] \ escape sequence and windows path

2014-05-20 Thread Knut Krueger
Is there any function to change the windows path to linux path? especially I would like to have the possibility to use f.e path=C:\foo1\foo2\ I can import those paths with path = readline() but not directly in a script Regards Knut __

Re: [R] \ escape sequence and windows path

2014-05-20 Thread peter dalgaard
On 20 May 2014, at 12:37 , Knut Krueger r...@knut-krueger.de wrote: Is there any function to change the windows path to linux path? especially I would like to have the possibility to use f.e path=C:\foo1\foo2\ I can import those paths with path = readline() but not directly in a

Re: [R] \ escape sequence and windows path

2014-05-20 Thread Jeff Newmiller
Most importantly, \\ is a string literal containing ONE backslash character. Yes you can create strings in R source code that represent Windows-style paths, but they must APPEAR different in that context. You may find it helpful to know that the print function can output escaped strings

Re: [R] \ escape sequence and windows path

2014-05-20 Thread Knut Krueger
Am 20.05.2014 15:22, schrieb Jeff Newmiller: Most importantly, \\ is a string literal containing ONE backslash character. Yes you can create strings in R source code that represent Windows-style paths, but they must APPEAR different in that context. You may find it helpful to know that the

Re: [R] \ escape sequence and windows path

2014-05-20 Thread David L Carlson
-project.org [mailto:r-help-boun...@r-project.org] On Behalf Of Knut Krueger Sent: Tuesday, May 20, 2014 9:54 AM To: 'R R-help' Subject: Re: [R] \ escape sequence and windows path Am 20.05.2014 15:22, schrieb Jeff Newmiller: Most importantly, \\ is a string literal containing ONE backslash character

Re: [R] \ escape sequence and windows path

2014-05-20 Thread Bert Gunter
On Tue, May 20, 2014 at 7:54 AM, Knut Krueger r...@knut-krueger.de wrote: Am 20.05.2014 15:22, schrieb Jeff Newmiller: Most importantly, \\ is a string literal containing ONE backslash character. Yes you can create strings in R source code that represent Windows-style paths, but they must

Re: [R] \ escape sequence and windows path

2014-05-20 Thread Knut Krueger
Am 20.05.2014 17:32, schrieb Bert Gunter: paste(a,b,sep=\\) ## \\ is the escaped single backslash [1] a\\b cat(paste(a,b,sep=\\)) a\b Does this help clarify? Or have i misunderstood you? @David and @Bert unfortunately yes. My question is more a system level question as about any

Re: [R] \ escape sequence and windows path

2014-05-20 Thread David L Carlson
-help-boun...@r-project.org [mailto:r-help-boun...@r-project.org] On Behalf Of Knut Krueger Sent: Tuesday, May 20, 2014 11:05 AM To: r-help@r-project.org Subject: Re: [R] \ escape sequence and windows path Am 20.05.2014 17:32, schrieb Bert Gunter: paste(a,b,sep=\\) ## \\ is the escaped single

Re: [R] \ escape sequence and windows path

2014-05-20 Thread Duncan Murdoch
On 20/05/2014 12:04 PM, Knut Krueger wrote: Am 20.05.2014 17:32, schrieb Bert Gunter: paste(a,b,sep=\\) ## \\ is the escaped single backslash [1] a\\b cat(paste(a,b,sep=\\)) a\b Does this help clarify? Or have i misunderstood you? @David and @Bert unfortunately yes. My question is more

Re: [R] \ escape sequence and windows path

2014-05-20 Thread Bert Gunter
Duncan: ... If you want to solve the problem I have a pathname in the clipboard, and want to put it in a string, it's not hard to write a function that essentially does readLines(clipboard) Does not the Windows version R function readClipboard() do this already? -- Bert Bert Gunter

Re: [R] \ escape sequence and windows path

2014-05-20 Thread Duncan Murdoch
On 20/05/2014 1:15 PM, Bert Gunter wrote: Duncan: ... If you want to solve the problem I have a pathname in the clipboard, and want to put it in a string, it's not hard to write a function that essentially does readLines(clipboard) Does not the Windows version R function readClipboard() do

Re: [R] \ escape sequence and windows path

2014-05-20 Thread David L Carlson
] On Behalf Of Bert Gunter Sent: Tuesday, May 20, 2014 12:15 PM To: Duncan Murdoch Cc: r-help@r-project.org Subject: Re: [R] \ escape sequence and windows path Duncan: ... If you want to solve the problem I have a pathname in the clipboard, and want to put it in a string, it's not hard to write