Thanks for your pointer.
Is there any way in R how to replace " ' " with " /' " programmatically?
My actual string is quite lengthy, so changing it manually may not be
possible. I am aware of gsub() function, however not sure I can apply
it directly on my original string.
Regards,
On Tue, Jul 18, 2017 at 10:27 PM, John McKown
<john.archie.mck...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Try:
>
> String = '<html>
> <head>
> <script type="text/javascript" <script type="text/javascript">
> mystatement(\'current\', {\'pac\':[\'\']});
> mystatement;'
>
>
> To embed a single ' mark in a string delimited by ' marks, you must "escape"
> them by prefixing them with a back-slash \.
>
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>>
>> String = '<html>
> + <head>
> + <script type="text/javascript" <script type="text/javascript">
> + mystatement(\'current\', {\'pac\':[\'\']});
> + mystatement;'
>> String
> [1] "<html>\n <head>\n <script type=\"text/javascript\" <script
> type=\"text/javascript\">\n mystatement('current', {'pac':['']});\n
> mystatement;"
>
>
>
> On Tue, Jul 18, 2017 at 11:48 AM, Christofer Bogaso
> <bogaso.christo...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Hi again,
>>
>> Let say I have below string (arbitrary)
>>
>> <html>
>> <head>
>> <script type="text/javascript" <script type="text/javascript">
>> mystatement('current', {'pac':['']});
>> mystatement;
>>
>>
>> I want to pass above string to some R variable for further analysis.
>> So I have tried below :
>>
>> String = '<html>
>> <head>
>> <script type="text/javascript" <script type="text/javascript">
>> mystatement('current', {'pac':['']});
>> mystatement;'
>>
>> It is not clearly working as I am getting below error :
>>
>> > String = '<html>
>>
>> + <head>
>>
>> + <script type="text/javascript" <script type="text/javascript">
>>
>> + mystatement('current', {'pac':['']});
>>
>> Error: unexpected symbol in:
>>
>> " <script type="text/javascript" <script type="text/javascript">
>>
>> mystatement('current"
>>
>> > mystatement;'
>>
>> Error: object 'mystatement' not found
>>
>> >
>>
>>
>> Any pointer how to create my string 'String' based on above would be
>> highly appreciated.
>>
>> Thanks for your time.
>>
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