> And check out the new FAQ 7.37
>
> http://cran.r-project.org/doc/FAQ/R-FAQ.html#Why-does-backslash-behave-strangely-inside-strings_003f
>
Thanks, guys, for the help.
Frank
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"Gabor Grothendieck" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> On 10/16/06, Frank McCown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Forgive my ignorance, but shouldn't '\\' be converted into '\' in my
> > string? In my output (below), you can see that '\\' remains '\\'.
> >
> > > term = "mother\'s day"
> > > term
> >
On 10/16/06, Frank McCown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Forgive my ignorance, but shouldn't '\\' be converted into '\' in my
> string? In my output (below), you can see that '\\' remains '\\'.
>
> > term = "mother\'s day"
> > term
> [1] "mother's day"
> > term = "mother\\\'s day"
> > term
> [1]
Forgive my ignorance, but shouldn't '\\' be converted into '\' in my
string? In my output (below), you can see that '\\' remains '\\'.
> term = "mother\'s day"
> term
[1] "mother's day"
> term = "mother\\\'s day"
> term
[1] "mother\\'s day" <--- should be "mother\'s day"
Thanks,
Frank
