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Shubha Karanth

2006-Dec-02 11:22 UTC

[R] Fwd: Urgent Help in Paste Command

Hi Experts,

I want to see my object as below:
     'C:\Program Files\R\R-2.4.0\bin\Rgui.exe'
So I use the paste command. None of the below is working. Could anyone help
me on this?
> paste("'C:\Program Files\R\R-2.4.0\bin\Rgui.exe'")[1] "'C:Program FilesRR-2.4.0\binRgui.exe'"
> paste("'C:","\","Program
Files","\","R","\","R-2.4.0","\","bin","\","Rgui.exe'",sep="")
Error: syntax error in
"paste("'C:","\","Program"
>paste("'C:","Program
Files","R","R-2.4.0","bin","Rgui.exe'",sep="\")+

I need to only use the \ symbol and not / or \\. Please help me…

Thank you,
Shubha.

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Gabor Grothendieck

2006-Dec-02 11:50 UTC

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[R] Fwd: Urgent Help in Paste Command

Try this:
> x <- readline()
C:\Program Files\R\R-2.4.0\bin\Rgui.exe> x[1] "C:\\Program Files\\R\\R-2.4.0\\bin\\Rgui.exe"



You can also use

   readLines("clipboard")

if you are trying to read in something from the clipboard.


On 12/2/06, Shubha Karanth <shubhakaranth at gmail.com>
wrote:> Hi Experts,
>
> I want to see my object as below:
>     'C:\Program Files\R\R-2.4.0\bin\Rgui.exe'
> So I use the paste command. None of the below is working. Could anyone help
> me on this?
>
> > paste("'C:\Program Files\R\R-2.4.0\bin\Rgui.exe'")
> [1] "'C:Program FilesRR-2.4.0\binRgui.exe'"
>
> > paste("'C:","\","Program
Files","\","R","\","R-2.4.0","\","bin","\","
> Rgui.exe'",sep="")
> Error: syntax error in
"paste("'C:","\","Program"
>
> >paste("'C:","Program
Files","R","R-2.4.0","bin","Rgui.exe'",sep="\")
> +
>
> I need to only use the \ symbol and not / or \\. Please help me?
>
> Thank you,
> Shubha.
>
>        [[alternative HTML version deleted]]
>
>
>
> ______________________________________________
> R-help at stat.math.ethz.ch mailing list
> https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help
> PLEASE do read the posting guide
http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html
> and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.
>
>
>

Shubha Vishwanath Karanth

2006-Dec-02 12:08 UTC

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[R] Fwd: Urgent Help in Paste Command

But when I do this I need x value to be " C:\Program
Files\R\R-2.4.0\bin\Rgui.exe" and not C:\\Program
Files\\R\\R-2.4.0\\bin\\Rgui.exe"

-----Original Message-----
From: r-help-bounces at stat.math.ethz.ch
[mailto:r-help-bounces at stat.math.ethz.ch] On Behalf Of Gabor
Grothendieck
Sent: Saturday, December 02, 2006 5:21 PM
To: Shubha Karanth
Cc: r-help at stat.math.ethz.ch
Subject: Re: [R] Fwd: Urgent Help in Paste Command

Try this:
> x <- readline()
C:\Program Files\R\R-2.4.0\bin\Rgui.exe> x[1] "C:\\Program Files\\R\\R-2.4.0\\bin\\Rgui.exe"



You can also use

   readLines("clipboard")

if you are trying to read in something from the clipboard.


On 12/2/06, Shubha Karanth <shubhakaranth at gmail.com>
wrote:> Hi Experts,
>
> I want to see my object as below:
>     'C:\Program Files\R\R-2.4.0\bin\Rgui.exe'
> So I use the paste command. None of the below is working. Could anyone
help> me on this?
>
> > paste("'C:\Program Files\R\R-2.4.0\bin\Rgui.exe'")
> [1] "'C:Program FilesRR-2.4.0\binRgui.exe'"
>
> > paste("'C:","\","Program
Files","\","R","\","R-2.4.0","\","bin","\","> Rgui.exe'",sep="")
> Error: syntax error in
"paste("'C:","\","Program"
>
> >paste("'C:","Program
Files","R","R-2.4.0","bin","Rgui.exe'",sep="\")
> +
>
> I need to only use the \ symbol and not / or \\. Please help me...
>
> Thank you,
> Shubha.
>
>        [[alternative HTML version deleted]]
>
>
>
> ______________________________________________
> R-help at stat.math.ethz.ch mailing list
> https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help
> PLEASE do read the posting guide
http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html> and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.
>
>
>
______________________________________________
R-help at stat.math.ethz.ch mailing list
https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help
PLEASE do read the posting guide
http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html
and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.

Shubha Vishwanath Karanth

2006-Dec-02 13:04 UTC

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[R] Fwd: Urgent Help in Paste Command

O yaa... Thank you so much...

 

________________________________

From: jim holtman [mailto:jholtman@gmail.com] 
Sent: Saturday, December 02, 2006 5:58 PM
To: Shubha Vishwanath Karanth
Subject: Re: [R] Fwd: Urgent Help in Paste Command

 

It is fine since '\' is used to escape characters (like ' and
"), it
prints as '\\' escaping itself.
 
> x <- '\\'  # need to escape 'escape'
> x
[1] "\\"> cat(x)\> 
 

 

For use in path names, use '/'; usable on Windows and other systems:

 

fileName <- 'C:/Program Files/R/R-2.4.0/bin/Rgui.exe'
 

On 12/2/06, Shubha Vishwanath Karanth <shubhak@ambaresearch.com> wrote: 

But when I do this I need x value to be " C:\Program
Files\R\R-2.4.0\bin\Rgui.exe" and not C:\\Program 
Files\\R\\R-2.4.0\\bin\\Rgui.exe"

-----Original Message-----
From: r-help-bounces@stat.math.ethz.ch
[mailto: r-help-bounces@stat.math.ethz.ch
<mailto:r-help-bounces@stat.math.ethz.ch> ] On Behalf Of Gabor
Grothendieck
Sent: Saturday, December 02, 2006 5:21 PM
To: Shubha Karanth
Cc: r-help@stat.math.ethz.ch
Subject: Re: [R] Fwd: Urgent Help in Paste Command

Try this:
> x <- readline()
C:\Program Files\R\R-2.4.0\bin\Rgui.exe> x[1] "C:\\Program Files\\R\\R-2.4.0\\bin\\Rgui.exe"



You can also use

  readLines("clipboard")

if you are trying to read in something from the clipboard.


On 12/2/06, Shubha Karanth <shubhakaranth@gmail.com >
wrote:> Hi Experts,
>
> I want to see my object as below:
>     'C:\Program Files\R\R-2.4.0\bin\Rgui.exe'
> So I use the paste command. None of the below is working. Could anyone
help> me on this?
>
> > paste("'C:\Program Files\R\R-2.4.0\bin\Rgui.exe'")
> [1] "'C:Program FilesRR-2.4.0\binRgui.exe'"
>
> > paste("'C:","\","Program 
Files","\","R","\","R-2.4.0","\","bin","\","> Rgui.exe'",sep="")
> Error: syntax error in
"paste("'C:","\","Program"
>
> >paste("'C:","Program
Files","R","R-2.4.0","bin","Rgui.exe'",sep="\")
> +
>
> I need to only use the \ symbol and not / or \\. Please help me... 
>
> Thank you,
> Shubha.
>
>        [[alternative HTML version deleted]]
>
>
>
> ______________________________________________
> R-help@stat.math.ethz.ch mailing list
> https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help
> PLEASE do read the posting guide
http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html> and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.
>
>
>
______________________________________________
R-help@stat.math.ethz.ch mailing list
https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help
PLEASE do read the posting guide
http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html
and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.

______________________________________________
R-help@stat.math.ethz.ch mailing list
https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help
PLEASE do read the posting guide
http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html 
and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.




-- 
Jim Holtman
Cincinnati, OH
+1 513 646 9390

What is the problem you are trying to solve? 


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Shubha Vishwanath Karanth

2006-Dec-02 13:04 UTC

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[R] Fwd: Urgent Help in Paste Command

O yaa... Thank you so much...
-----Original Message-----
From: Gabor Grothendieck [mailto:ggrothendieck at gmail.com] 
Sent: Saturday, December 02, 2006 5:56 PM
To: Shubha Vishwanath Karanth
Cc: Shubha Karanth; r-help at stat.math.ethz.ch
Subject: Re: [R] Fwd: Urgent Help in Paste Command

x is the value you asked for.  I think you are confusing its printed
representation
with its value.  Try cat(x) and strsplit(x, "")

On 12/2/06, Shubha Vishwanath Karanth <shubhak at ambaresearch.com>
wrote:> But when I do this I need x value to be " C:\Program
> Files\R\R-2.4.0\bin\Rgui.exe" and not C:\\Program
> Files\\R\\R-2.4.0\\bin\\Rgui.exe"
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: r-help-bounces at stat.math.ethz.ch
> [mailto:r-help-bounces at stat.math.ethz.ch] On Behalf Of Gabor
> Grothendieck
> Sent: Saturday, December 02, 2006 5:21 PM
> To: Shubha Karanth
> Cc: r-help at stat.math.ethz.ch
> Subject: Re: [R] Fwd: Urgent Help in Paste Command
>
> Try this:
>
> > x <- readline()
> C:\Program Files\R\R-2.4.0\bin\Rgui.exe
> > x
> [1] "C:\\Program Files\\R\\R-2.4.0\\bin\\Rgui.exe"
>
>
>
> You can also use
>
>   readLines("clipboard")
>
> if you are trying to read in something from the clipboard.
>
>
> On 12/2/06, Shubha Karanth <shubhakaranth at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Hi Experts,
> >
> > I want to see my object as below:
> >     'C:\Program Files\R\R-2.4.0\bin\Rgui.exe'
> > So I use the paste command. None of the below is working. Could
anyone> help
> > me on this?
> >
> > > paste("'C:\Program
Files\R\R-2.4.0\bin\Rgui.exe'")
> > [1] "'C:Program FilesRR-2.4.0\binRgui.exe'"
> >
> > > paste("'C:","\","Program
>
Files","\","R","\","R-2.4.0","\","bin","\","
> > Rgui.exe'",sep="")
> > Error: syntax error in
"paste("'C:","\","Program"
> >
> > >paste("'C:","Program
Files","R","R-2.4.0","bin","Rgui.exe'",sep="\")> > +
> >
> > I need to only use the \ symbol and not / or \\. Please help me...
> >
> > Thank you,
> > Shubha.
> >
> >        [[alternative HTML version deleted]]
> >
> >
> >
> > ______________________________________________
> > R-help at stat.math.ethz.ch mailing list
> > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help
> > PLEASE do read the posting guide
> http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html
> > and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.
> >
> >
> >
>
> ______________________________________________
> R-help at stat.math.ethz.ch mailing list
> https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help
> PLEASE do read the posting guide
> http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html
> and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.
>

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