Establish Microsoft SQL Server Connection with R/RStudio - r

I am trying to connect R with Microsoft SQL server. I have used Toad for SQL Server 6.8 so far for my queries. However, for some other analysis (which can be easily performed in R) I want to connect database with R.
I have tried R function "dbconnect" with providing server name and database name. See query below:
odbc_con <- dbConnect(odbc::odbc(),
Driver = "SQL Server",
Server = "xxxxx",
Database = "yyyyy",
Uid = 'US\dhrdesai',
Pwd = rstudioapi::askForPassword("Database password"),
Port = 1433)
However, I got following errors:
Error: nanodbc/nanodbc.cpp:950: IM002: [Microsoft][ODBC Driver
Manager] Data source name not found and no default driver specified
and
Error: unexpected ')' in " Port = 1433)"
Have anyone faced the same or know any other way to connect R with SQL server.

You need to use a double backslash \\ every time you see a \. I just made my connection work yesterday with the following code. Also pehaps you have not installed all the packages that is required.
library(DBI)
library(dbplyr)
library(odbc)
con <- dbConnect(odbc::odbc(),
Driver = "SQL Server",
Server = "path\\path", # remember \\ if your path has a \
Database = "the_database_name",
user = "your_user_name", # remember \\ if your username has a \
Trusted_Connection = "True")

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