Try "\%d/\%m/\%Y" Escaping the % should do the trick. If I remember correctly, Latex uses the % as the comment delimiter. I don't know if that's the cause of the error, but escaping it has always solve the problem for me.
-----Original Message----- From: r-help-boun...@r-project.org [mailto:r-help-boun...@r-project.org] On Behalf Of rusers.sh Sent: Thursday, January 07, 2010 2:09 PM To: r-help@r-project.org Subject: [R] "%d/%m/%Y" can not be displayed in a .rd file Hi all, I found the date format (e.g."%d/%m/%Y") in the .rd file cannot be displayed after building the package. See below, ###.rd file#### \examples{ a<-"10/20/1999" DateConversion(a,DateIn="%m/%d/%Y",DateOut="%d/%m/%Y") } ####The result is #### Examples: a<-"10-20-1999" DateConversion(a,DateIn=" ??"%m/%d/%Y" seems cannot be recognized. Is there some method to solve this and make it visible? Thanks a lot. -- ----------------- Jane Chang Queen's [[alternative HTML version deleted]] ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. =================================== P Please consider the environment before printing this e-mail Cleveland Clinic is ranked one of the top hospitals in America by U.S.News & World Report (2009). Visit us online at http://www.clevelandclinic.org for a complete listing of our services, staff and locations. Confidentiality Note: This message is intended for use\...{{dropped:13}} ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.