[R] backslash c

[Charles C. Berry]

Mikkel,

As

 	RSiteSearch("backslash")

would have shown you, this is a FAQ.

Your second attempt is correct.

To understand why, see the R FAQ

 	7.37 Why does backslash behave strangely inside strings?

Chuck

On Tue, 7 Aug 2007, Mikkel Grum wrote:

> How do I get output with "\color{blue}", i.e. with
> only one backslash???
>
>> "\color{blue}"
> [1] "color{blue}"
> Warning messages:
> 1: '\c' is an unrecognized escape in a character
> string
> 2: unrecognized escape removed from "\color{blue}"
>> "\\color{blue}"
> [1] "\\color{blue}"
>>
>
> Any help greatly appreciated.
>
> Best regards,
> Mikkel
>
>> sessionInfo()
> R version 2.5.1 (2007-06-27)
> i386-pc-mingw32
>
> locale:
> LC_COLLATE=English_Ireland.1252;LC_CTYPE=English_Ireland.1252;LC_MONETARY=English_Ireland.1252;LC_NUMERIC=C;LC_TIME=English_Ireland.1252
>
> attached base packages:
> [1] "stats"     "graphics"  "grDevices" "utils"
> "datasets"  "methods"
> [7] "base"
>
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