[R] How to replace slashes with back slashes

[Uwe Ligges]

Joerg Klausen wrote:

> Dear R-helpers
> 
> I am running R2.0.0 under Windows 2000. I am compiling a number of file paths into a simple text file that will be read by some other software we use. Unfortunately, it  can only handle file paths with back slashes (MS Windows convention), and from R, I get file paths with forward slashes. The following didn't work. 
> 
> 
>>gsub('/', '\\', 'c:/dir1/dir2/file.ext')
> 
> [1] "c:dir1dir2file.ext"
> 
>>gsub('/', '\\\\', 'c:/dir1/dir2/file.ext')
> 
> [1] "c:\\dir1\\dir2\\file.ext"

The latter worked very well, it's just a matter of print()ing:

  cat(gsub('/', '\\\\', 'c:/dir1/dir2/file.ext'))

Uwe Ligges




> I have tried to find an answer on R-help, but didn't ;-(
> 
> Thanks for helping me,
> Kind regards,
> Jörg
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