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Asked: June 16, 20262026-06-16T04:14:39+00:00 2026-06-16T04:14:39+00:00

I need to remove all the backslash in a string like below. x <-

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I need to remove all the backslash in a string like below.
x <- ' [{\"Petal.Width\" : 1.8, \"Species\" : \"virginica\" } ] '

The resulting string I want is
[{"Petal.Width" : 1.8, "Species" : "virginica" } ]

I tried some methods which don’t work.
gsub("\\\\", "\\", x)

Could any people suggest some methods? Many thanks!

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    2026-06-16T04:14:40+00:00Added an answer on June 16, 2026 at 4:14 am

    The backslashes are R’s way of escaping quotation marks within a character string (see ?Quotes). It is unlikely that you’ll have to remove them. For example, if you’re looking to use your object x as a title for a plot, the backslashes will not appear:

    plot(1, 1, main = x)
    

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