[R] how to insert a double quote with the paste function?

[Patrick Burns]

The paste is doing the right thing -- it is how it is displayed
that matters:

 > jj <- paste("hello", "\"world\"")
 > jj
[1] "hello \"world\""
 > cat(jj)
hello "world"> print(jj, quote=FALSE)
[1] hello "world"

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Philippe Hupé wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I would like to write in a variable the following string :
>
> Hello "World"
>
> If I do cat("Hello ","\"World\""), I have the good result on the 
> screen but it can not be affected to a variable. If I do the same 
> thing with paste paste("Hello ","\"World\"") it does not work since \" 
> seems to be not recognized. So what is the trick to do that.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Philippe