Creating a string in R with " in it

Question

I am trying to get text given between “ ” to make a string. But because string has two “ already in it, I am not able to do so.

?jql=filter%20=%20"Plan%20Standup%20-%20Mutual-SA"

When I am trying to input , it is giving me an error.

Input <- "?jql=filter%20=%20"Plan%20Standup%20-%20Mutual-SA""

I tried many escape characters, but always I got an error message.

Error: unexpected symbol in "input <- "?jql=filter%20=%20"Plan"

any help will be highly appreciated

There is a double quote inside it. So, use single quote at the end i.e. `Input <- '?jql=filter%20=%20"Plan%20Standup%20-%20Mutual-SA'` — akrun, Feb 06 '18 at 14:31
Or escape the internal double quote `"This is a \"quoted\" string"` — G5W, Feb 06 '18 at 14:33
@akrun please add the answer, to avoid questions answered in comments — catastrophic-failure, Feb 06 '18 at 14:45

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Feb 06 '18 at 14:47

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In the string, there is already a double quote. So, we can wrap it with single quotes

Input <- '?jql=filter%20=%20"Plan%20Standup%20-%20Mutual-SA'
cat(Input, "\n")
#?jql=filter%20=%20"Plan%20Standup%20-%20Mutual-SA

answered Feb 06 '18 at 14:47

akrun

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Feb 06 '18 at 14:47

0

"Escape" the character like this

a <- "\""

answered Feb 06 '18 at 14:47

Georgery

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