Dec
23
Stop fiddling around with copied paths in Windows R
I work with R on both Mac OS and Windows. On Windows, you get the option to copy the path of a file or folder by holding Shift while right-clicking on the file or folder. As useful as this feature is, it copies paths to your clipboard in Windows format, e.g. "C:\Users\someone\Documents\R\scripts\someproject\preparations.R"
That is not very nice to use in R scripts because you would have to replace every single backslash by a slash or a double backslash to use it. In this (also in other ways) very useful post, I found a nice solution for this.
By putting a function definition into your startup file (e.g., .Rprofile), you can simply put
.repath()
into the R console, paste your path and hit Return twice. The "de-windowsified" path is then in your clipboard.
That is not very nice to use in R scripts because you would have to replace every single backslash by a slash or a double backslash to use it. In this (also in other ways) very useful post, I found a nice solution for this.
By putting a function definition into your startup file (e.g., .Rprofile), you can simply put
.repath()
into the R console, paste your path and hit Return twice. The "de-windowsified" path is then in your clipboard.
