URL Escaping in R

Question

I am trying to assign a URL to a variable

css <- " <link href="https://cloud.typography.com/2/1/css/fonts.css" rel="stylesheet">"

but I get the

CMS.R:49:22: unexpected symbol

I did search previous answers and tried escaping with \ and what not but to no avail. Thanks in advance for your help.

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered Mar 13 '18 at 01:27

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We can do the outside quote with single quotes

css <- '<link href="https://cloud.typography.com/2/1/css/fonts.css" rel="stylesheet">'
css
#[1] "<link href=\"https://cloud.typography.com/2/1/css/fonts.css\" rel=\"stylesheet\">"

The demo is here

answered Mar 13 '18 at 01:27

akrun

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Good answer, but note that now this means that single quotes would then need to be escaped. – Tim Biegeleisen Mar 13 '18 at 05:38
@TimBiegeleisen I think it is the same output as yours `identical(css, css1) #[1] TRUE` – akrun Mar 13 '18 at 05:44

score 3 · Answer 2 · answered Mar 13 '18 at 01:28

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You need to escape double quotes:

css <- "<link href=\"https://cloud.typography.com/2/1/css/fonts.css\" rel=\"stylesheet\">"

Demo

answered Mar 13 '18 at 01:28

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URL Escaping in R

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