Split code over multiple lines in an R script?

Question

I want to split a line in an R script over multiple lines (because it is too long). How do I do that?Specifically, I have a line such as setwd('~/a/very/long/path/here/that/goes/beyond/80/characters/and/then/some/more')Is it possible to split the long path over multiple lines? I tried setwd('~/a/very/long/path/here/that/goes/beyond/80/characters/and/ then/some/more')with `return` key at the end of the first line; but that does not work.Thanks.

Answer 1

Instead of splitting that path over multiple lines within the setwd() function, I would suggest the following, which is more reproducible if you or anyone else needs to update the file path in the future:

my_path <- '~/a/very/long/path/here/that/goes/beyond/80/characters/and/then/some/more'

setwd(my_path)