[R] \ escape sequence and windows path

[Jeff Newmiller]

I tend to view this as enforced training in string escaping.

One option i have not seen mentioned is the file.choose function, which is GUI but a little tedious for deep directories.
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On May 21, 2014 5:54:22 AM PDT, Knut Krueger <rh at knut-krueger.de> wrote:
>Am 20.05.2014 19:00, schrieb David L Carlson:
>> Now I understand. Not really a solution, but you can instruct
>students to use only forward slashes in their paths since R will
>convert to backslash on Windows systems automatically. After a couple
>of broken commands, they should get the hang of it.
>>
>> David C
>this was the first idea, but it seems not the easiest way ...
>
>Knut
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