R help - Apr 2014 - escape characters for apostrophes in a .csv file

Hello: 
I have a .csv file that includes some character strings (open ended survey
responses) that includes some apostrophe. Using read.csv() the file reads in
just fine, except upon being read in the apostrophes are displayed with the
double-slash, i.e. 'I've' becomes 'I\\'ve'.  I'd
like to print these responess out for a report.  Is there a way that I can have
the apostrophes read in as original or print them out without the escape
characters.
Thank you. 
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Simon J. Kiss, PhD

On 23/04/2014 4:09 PM, Simon Kiss wrote:
> Hello:
> I have a .csv file that includes some character strings (open ended survey
responses) that includes some apostrophe. Using read.csv() the file reads in
just fine, except upon being read in the apostrophes are displayed with the
double-slash, i.e. 'I've' becomes 'I\\'ve'.  I'd
like to print these responess out for a report.  Is there a way that I can have
the apostrophes read in as original or print them out without the escape
characters.
That sounds very strange.  I would guess that your csv file has 
backslashes in it, not just apostrophes.  You probably need to use 
read.table with appropriate options to interpret the backslashes as 
escape characters.  (Normal CSV files don't escape apostrophes, they are 
enclosed in double quotes, e.g.

"That's strange"

would be what is stored.  R will read this without adding any escapes.

Duncan Murdoch