[R] Double / single backticks for inline R code in an Rmarkdown file

Ashim Kapoor @@h|mk@poor @end|ng |rom gm@||@com
Mon Oct 14 15:47:27 CEST 2019


Dear Jeff,

Many thanks for your reply.

Best,
Ashim

On Mon, Oct 14, 2019 at 7:07 PM Jeff Newmiller <jdnewmil using dcn.davis.ca.us>
wrote:

> No, you don't misunderstand. But you might want to be aware that targeting
> PDF output uses LaTeX which regards double backticks as a method of
> encoding a left curly double quote mark, so this error could derive from an
> incomplete adaptation of the Rmd file for HTML output even though such a
> symbol doesn't make sense there in PDF either.
>
> On October 14, 2019 4:35:26 AM PDT, Ashim Kapoor <ashimkapoor using gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >Dear All,
> >
> >I am reading this file :-
> >
> >https://rmarkdown.rstudio.com/lesson-6.html
> >
> >My query is : In line 14 of the above file, ie.
> >
> >The [marmap](https://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/marmap/index.html)
> >package provides tools and data for visualizing the ocean floor. Here
> >is an
> >example contour plot of marmap's ``r params$data`` dataset.
> >
> >Should not the phrase rparams$data be within SINGLE backticks ?
> >
> >Do I misunderstand?
> >
> >Thank you,
> >Ashim
> >
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