[R] Creating/Reading a complex string in R

Wed Jul 19 14:38:52 CEST 2017

It was suggested to quote your string with *backticks* (` ... `) rather 
than single quotes.

String <- `<html>
      <head>
      ...
`

On 7/18/2017 1:05 PM, Christofer Bogaso wrote:
> Thanks for your pointer.
> 
> Is there any way in R how to replace " ' " with " /' " programmatically?
> 
> My actual string is quite lengthy, so changing it manually may not be
> possible. I am aware of gsub() function, however not sure I can apply
> it directly on my original string.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> On Tue, Jul 18, 2017 at 10:27 PM, John McKown
> <john.archie.mckown at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Try:
>>
>> String = '<html>
>>    <head>
>>      <script type="text/javascript"     <script type="text/javascript">
>>        mystatement(\'current\', {\'pac\':[\'\']});
>>        mystatement;'
>>
>>
>> To embed a single ' mark in a string delimited by ' marks, you must "escape"
>> them by prefixing them with a back-slash \.
>>
>>
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>>>
>>> String = '<html>
>> +   <head>
>> +     <script type="text/javascript"     <script type="text/javascript">
>> +       mystatement(\'current\', {\'pac\':[\'\']});
>> +       mystatement;'
>>> String
>> [1] "<html>\n  <head>\n    <script type=\"text/javascript\"     <script
>> type=\"text/javascript\">\n      mystatement('current', {'pac':['']});\n
>> mystatement;"
>>
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Jul 18, 2017 at 11:48 AM, Christofer Bogaso
>> <bogaso.christofer at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi again,
>>>
>>> Let say I have below string (arbitrary)
>>>
>>> <html>
>>>    <head>
>>>      <script type="text/javascript"     <script type="text/javascript">
>>>        mystatement('current', {'pac':['']});
>>>        mystatement;
>>>
>>>
>>> I want to pass above string to some R variable for further analysis.
>>> So I have tried below :
>>>
>>> String = '<html>
>>>    <head>
>>>      <script type="text/javascript"     <script type="text/javascript">
>>>        mystatement('current', {'pac':['']});
>>>        mystatement;'
>>>
>>> It is not clearly working as I am getting below error :
>>>
>>>> String = '<html>
>>>
>>> +   <head>
>>>
>>> +     <script type="text/javascript"     <script type="text/javascript">
>>>
>>> +       mystatement('current', {'pac':['']});
>>>
>>> Error: unexpected symbol in:
>>>
>>> "    <script type="text/javascript"     <script type="text/javascript">
>>>
>>>        mystatement('current"
>>>
>>>>        mystatement;'
>>>
>>> Error: object 'mystatement' not found
>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Any pointer how to create my string 'String' based on above would be
>>> highly appreciated.
>>>
>>> Thanks for your time.
>>>
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>>
>>
>>
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>> Maranatha! <><
>> John McKown
>