Disabling the slash in r doesn't work

Question

I read that if you want to insert a backslash in a string, you need to avoid it:

a <- "\\"

The problem is, if I do this, I get two slashes in my string!

> a <- "\\"
> a
[1] "\\"

How can I only get one backslash in my string?

+3

Dario lacan 13 oct. 14 at 14:18

1 answer

A5C1D2H2I1M1N2O1R2T1 · Accepted Answer · 2014-10-13T14:19:48+0000

You don't actually have two backslashes - actually one character :-)

Check it:

a <- "\\"
nchar(a)
# [1] 1
cat(a)
# \