Question

How to add special characters to a list? like ($ . \ /)

Answer 1

@ch,

You can add $. , / using regular list syntax. But you cannot add \ to a list using regular syntax.

> list("$",".",",","/","~")
[[1]]
[1] "$"

[[2]]
[1] "."

[[3]]
[1] ","

[[4]]
[1] "/"

[[5]]
[1] "~"

you can add \\ but not \.

> list("\\")
[[1]]
[1] "\\"

> list("\")
+ ""
+ ""
Error: unexpected string constant in:
"""
""