On Jun 16, 2010, at 9:23 AM, Stefan Petersson wrote:
Just double all the backslashes and you are fine.
In order to see the outcome, use cat() (not print).
Uwe Ligges
On 16.06.2010 09:49, Stefan Petersson wrote:
Hi,
I'm trying to build a vector of latex commands. However, I need
the command
strings to begin with a
backslash "\". I have:
test<- c('foo','bar')
and I need to rebuild the array, encapsulating the text items with
latex
stuff, like this:
paste("\parbox[b]{3cm}{", test, "}", fill=TRUE)
Actually, cat() prints the string fine if one uses double
backslashes.
However, I can't save the result
from cat() back to a vector. And when I use cat() inside the latex
function
from the Hmisc package, I only get
errors... The (not so) funny thing is that I can use paste() on a
few latex
commands. So if I needed to make the
strings bold, the following works:
paste("\bfseries{", test, "}")
I've read the R FAQ 7.37, but it only deals with cat(). Not paste.
Or I just
didn't get it :o/
Is there a way to paste() the backslash character?
sessionInfo()
R version 2.11.1 (2010-05-31)
i486-pc-linux-gnu
locale:
[1] LC_CTYPE=en_US.utf8 LC_NUMERIC=C
[3] LC_TIME=en_US.utf8 LC_COLLATE=en_US.utf8
[5] LC_MONETARY=C LC_MESSAGES=en_US.utf8
[7] LC_PAPER=en_US.utf8 LC_NAME=C
[9] LC_ADDRESS=C LC_TELEPHONE=C
[11] LC_MEASUREMENT=en_US.utf8 LC_IDENTIFICATION=C
attached base packages:
[1] stats graphics grDevices utils datasets methods base
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Sorry... no love. Double backslashes doesn't cut it. Double
backslashes prints
nothing. Single backslashes removes the first character of my
command. But no
single backslash!
paste("\parbox[b]{3cm}{", test, "}", fill=TRUE)
Gives me:
[1] arbox[b]{3cm}{ foo }
[2] arbox[b]{3cm}{ bar }
and
paste("\\parbox[b]{3cm}{", test, "}", fill=TRUE)
Gives me:
[1] parbox[b]{3cm}{ foo }
[2] parbox[b]{3cm}{ bar }
No backslash.
I suppose what Uwe was saying is that you should use
a <- paste("\\parbox[b]{3cm}{", test, "}", fill=TRUE)
cat(a, file="out.tex")
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