"Jonathan P Daily" <jda...@usgs.gov> wrote in message 
news:of588e803b.869e9aff-on85257814.004d298d-85257814.004d4...@usgs.gov...
>a <- "reaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaallllllllyyyyy looooo
>        ooooooooong chaaaaaaaaarrr"
>
> Although the indentation is just personal preference.
> --------------------------------------
> Jonathan P. Daily
> Technician - USGS Leetown Science Center
> 11649 Leetown Road
> Kearneysville WV, 25430
> (304) 724-4480
> "Is the room still a room when its empty? Does the room,
> the thing itself have purpose? Or do we, what's the word... imbue it."
>     - Jubal Early, Firefly
>

Did you test that? Printing a to see the result so the commands are
-------------
a <- "reaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaallllllllyyyyy looooo
        ooooooooong chaaaaaaaaarrr"
a
----------------------------
Pasting directly into Rgui
> a <- "reaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaallllllllyyyyy looooo
+         ooooooooong chaaaaaaaaarrr"
> a
[1] "reaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaallllllllyyyyy looooo\n        ooooooooong 
chaaaaaaaaarrr"

Saving to file 'test.r' and sourcing
> source("C:\\Documents and Settings\\jewell\\Desktop\\test.r", echo=TRUE)
> a <- "reaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaallllllllyyyyy looooo
+         ooooooooong chaaaaaaaaarrr"
> a
[1] "reaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaallllllllyyyyy looooo\n        ooooooooong 
chaaaaaaaaarrr"

I don't think this is what the OP wanted.
I guess he wants "reaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaallllllllyyyyy loooooooooooooong 
chaaaaaaaaarrr"

I don't know the answer (other than, as suggested by Peter Ehlers") to build 
it bit by bit.

KJ

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