R help - Mar 2010 - Why "\\" instead of simple "/" to specify a file path

Hi all,

I have saved my workplace in a .RData format. However if I want to open
that, I need to use following code :

load("C:\\......")

Here my question is why "\\". In all the time generally we use
"/" like when
we use read.delim() function etc. Is there any possibility to have some
consistency there? Is there any other way to re-open the .RData file?

Thanks,
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On Mon, Mar 22, 2010 at 5:22 PM, Bogaso <bogaso.christofer at gmail.com>
wrote:
>
> Hi all,
>
> I have saved my workplace in a .RData format. However if I want to open
> that, I need to use following code :
>
> load("C:\\......")
>
> Here my question is why "\\". In all the time generally we use
"/" like when
> we use read.delim() function etc. Is there any possibility to have some
> consistency there? Is there any other way to re-open the .RData file?
 Single forward slash works for me (I use H: drive here, our 'home'
network folder on our system):

 > x=1
 > y=2
 > save.image(file="H:/test.rdata")
 > ls()
 [1] "x" "y"
 > rm(x)
 > rm(y)
 > load("h:/test.rdata")
 > x
 [1] 1

 How does it not work for you? Error message and R version please!

Barry

On Mar 22, 2010, at 1:22 PM, Bogaso wrote:
>
> Hi all,
>
> I have saved my workplace in a .RData format. However if I want to  
> open
> that, I need to use following code :
>
> load("C:\\......")
>
> Here my question is why "\\". In all the time generally we use
"/"
> like when
> we use read.delim() function etc. Is there any possibility to have  
> some
> consistency there?
Depends what you mean by consistency. The same rule applies on all  
current supported OS platforms. Doubling the back-slashes is needed  
because "\" is an "escape character".
> Is there any other way to re-open the .RData file?
If your OS supports it you may be able to use drag-drop with file  
icons or you can use file.choose()


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