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Replacing Backward slash in R

I want to replace backward slashes with forwards slashes in a string. So I used below syntax in R.

stringr::str_replace("\\", "//", "\\asd")

However it fails to replace the backward slashes in the given string.

Could you please help to find the right way to replace them?

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I am using R in Windows 10 machine

>Solution :

You have the arguments in the wrong order and you need to escape the backslashes.

> stringr::str_replace("\\asd", "\\\\", "//")
[1] "//asd"
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