Message-ID: <1db7268005081907462efc78bb@mail.gmail.com>
Date: 2005-08-19T14:46:44Z
From: roger bos
Subject: using paste and "\" to create a valid filename
Sometimes even the easy stuff is difficult (for me)... I want to get
input from different places to paste together an excel filename (so
you know I'm using windows) that I can open with RODBC. I know about
using double "\" since its an escape character, but I get either 2 or
none, I can't get just one "\" where I need it. See example code
below. I am using R 2.1.0, but plan to upgrade soon. Thanks in
advance to anyone who can help.
Roger
rankPath <- "R:\New Ranks\SMC\SMC"
rankDate <- "20050819"
rankFile <- paste(rankPath,rankDate,".xls", sep="")
rankFile
[1] "R:New RanksSMCSMC20050819.xls"
rankPath <- "R:\\New Ranks\\SMC\\SMC"
rankDate <- "20050819"
rankFile <- paste(rankPath,rankDate,".xls", sep="")
rankFile
[1] "R:\\New Ranks\\SMC\\SMC20050819.xls"