How to Convert “space” into “ ” with R

Question

Referring the title, I\'m figuring how to convert space between words to be %20 .

For example,

> y <- \"I Love You\"

How to

Answer 1

The function curlEscape() from the package RCurl gets the job done.

library('RCurl')
y <- "I love you"
curlEscape(urls=y)
[1] "I%20love%20you"