[R] How to create a string containing '\/' to be used with SED?

[seanpor]

What is the problem error message?  I can say

> fred <- "blah1\\/blah2\\/blah3"

and then the string looks like...

> cat("#", fred, '#\n', sep='')
#blah1\/blah2\/blah3#

If you just ask R to print it then it looks like...
> fred
[1] "blah1\\/blah2\\/blah3"
>

when you're "playing" with strings and regular expressions, it's vital to
understand the backslash quoting mechanism...

Best regards,
Sean


ikarus wrote:
> 
> I still can't create a string with inside "\/"  (e.g., a <-
> "..\\/path\\/file"
> doesn't work, R complains and the \\ are removed), ... <snip>
> 
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