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Dealing with \n in text
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| text <- { | |
| " | |
| Line 1 \n info | |
| Line 2 \n info | |
| Line 3 | |
| Line 4 | |
| " | |
| } | |
| print(text) | |
| #> [1] "\n Line 1 \n info\n Line 2 \n info\n Line 3\n Line 4\n " | |
| writeLines(text) | |
| #> | |
| #> Line 1 | |
| #> info | |
| #> Line 2 | |
| #> info | |
| #> Line 3 | |
| #> Line 4 | |
| #> | |
| lines <- gsub("\\b\\s\n\\s\\b", " \\\\n ", text) | |
| print(lines) | |
| #> [1] "\n Line 1 \\n info\n Line 2 \\n info\n Line 3\n Line 4\n " | |
| writeLines(lines) | |
| #> | |
| #> Line 1 \n info | |
| #> Line 2 \n info | |
| #> Line 3 | |
| #> Line 4 | |
| #> |
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