Message-ID: <200712162218.29844.dusa.adrian@gmail.com>
Date: 2007-12-16T20:18:29Z
From: Adrian Dusa
Subject: read.table and double quotes in strings
In-Reply-To: <200712162209.22705.dusa.adrian@gmail.com>
On Sunday 16 December 2007, Adrian Dusa wrote:
> Dear all,
>
> [...]
>
> Given these examples, I have two questions:
> 1. What is the correct syntax to import the R-exported file
> 2. What can I do to prevent these situations from happening?
> (besides whipping the data entry person :), I am referring to R procedures
> to detect and correct such things)
Trying to answer question number 2: would the usage of qmethod="double"
argument in write.table solve the problem *in general*?
What are the situations that specifically need escaping the quote character?
Thank you,
Adrian
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