R help - May 2014 - \ escape sequence and windows path

Is there any function to change the windows path to linux path?

especially I would like to have the possibility to use
f.e
path="C:\foo1\foo2\"
I can import those paths with
path = readline()  but not directly in a script

Regards Knut

On 20 May 2014, at 12:37 , Knut Krueger <rh at knut-krueger.de> wrote:
> 
> Is there any function to change the windows path to linux path?
> 
> especially I would like to have the possibility to use
> f.e
> path="C:\foo1\foo2\"
> I can import those paths with
> path = readline()  but not directly in a script
> 
In R string specifications, \ is an escape character. \n is newline, \b rings
the bell, \" is a double quote, etc. So "C:\foo1\foo2\" is
unterminated and containes 2 form feed characters.

There's no way around using \\ to specify a backslash in a string literal. 
For file paths, you can also use the forward slash instead of the backslash.
> Regards Knut
> 
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An easy non-R solution is to use a clipboard utility like PathCopy. 
Most have the capability to configure how a windows path is copied
to the clipboard.

On 5/20/2014 6:37 AM, Knut Krueger wrote:
>
> Is there any function to change the windows path to linux path?
>
> especially I would like to have the possibility to use
> f.e
> path="C:\foo1\foo2\"
> I can import those paths with
> path = readline()  but not directly in a script
>
> Regards Knut
>

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