Andreas.Kiermeier@adelaide.edu.au
2002-Aug-08 03:51 UTC
Backslash in character string (PR#1887)
Full_Name: Andreas Kiermeier Version: 1.5.1 OS: NT4.0 Submission from: (NULL) (129.127.41.28) R appears not to be able to print a single backslash in a string, see example session below. The same happens on Solaris 2.6 using R 1.5.1.> version_ platform i386-pc-mingw32 arch i386 os mingw32 system i386, mingw32 status major 1 minor 5.1 year 2002 month 06 day 17 language R> "\"Error: syntax error> "\\"[1] "\\"> "\lambda"[1] "lambda"> "\\lambda"[1] "\\lambda"> "\134lambda"[1] "\\lambda" -.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.- r-devel mailing list -- Read http://www.ci.tuwien.ac.at/~hornik/R/R-FAQ.html Send "info", "help", or "[un]subscribe" (in the "body", not the subject !) To: r-devel-request@stat.math.ethz.ch _._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._
This is not an error, but intentional. Use cat to print unescaped output. Please use R-help to ask questions about how to do things in R, and consult the FAQ about what a bug is. On Thu, 8 Aug 2002 Andreas.Kiermeier@adelaide.edu.au wrote:> Full_Name: Andreas Kiermeier > Version: 1.5.1 > OS: NT4.0 > Submission from: (NULL) (129.127.41.28) > > > R appears not to be able to print a single backslash in a string, see example > session below. The same happens on Solaris 2.6 using R 1.5.1. > > > version > _ > platform i386-pc-mingw32 > arch i386 > os mingw32 > system i386, mingw32 > status > major 1 > minor 5.1 > year 2002 > month 06 > day 17 > language R > > "\" > Error: syntax error > > "\\" > [1] "\\" > > "\lambda" > [1] "lambda" > > "\\lambda" > [1] "\\lambda" > > "\134lambda" > [1] "\\lambda" > > > -.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.- > r-devel mailing list -- Read http://www.ci.tuwien.ac.at/~hornik/R/R-FAQ.html > Send "info", "help", or "[un]subscribe" > (in the "body", not the subject !) To: r-devel-request@stat.math.ethz.ch > _._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._ >-- Brian D. Ripley, ripley@stats.ox.ac.uk Professor of Applied Statistics, http://www.stats.ox.ac.uk/~ripley/ University of Oxford, Tel: +44 1865 272861 (self) 1 South Parks Road, +44 1865 272860 (secr) Oxford OX1 3TG, UK Fax: +44 1865 272595 -.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.- r-devel mailing list -- Read http://www.ci.tuwien.ac.at/~hornik/R/R-FAQ.html Send "info", "help", or "[un]subscribe" (in the "body", not the subject !) To: r-devel-request@stat.math.ethz.ch _._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._