Seems to work fine on my machine: > data1 <- read.table("http://www.talgalili.com/files/aa.txt", + header = TRUE, sep = "\t", encoding="UTF-8", check.names=FALSE) > data1 אחת שתיים שלוש 1 12 97 6 2 123 354 44 3 6 1 3 > colnames(data1) [1] "אחת" "שתיים" "שלוש" > colnames(data1)[1] [1] "אחת" > strsplit(colnames(data1)[1], "")[[1]][1] [1] "א" > data1[,"שתיים"] [1] 97 354 1 > lm(`שתיים` ~ `שלוש`, data=data1)
Call: lm(formula = שתיים ~ שלוש, data = data1) Coefficients: (Intercept) שלוש 12.406 7.826 > sessionInfo() R version 2.10.1 (2009-12-14) i686-pc-linux-gnu locale: [1] LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 LC_NUMERIC=C [3] LC_TIME=en_US.UTF-8 LC_COLLATE=en_US.UTF-8 [5] LC_MONETARY=C LC_MESSAGES=en_US.UTF-8 [7] LC_PAPER=en_US.UTF-8 LC_NAME=C [9] LC_ADDRESS=C LC_TELEPHONE=C [11] LC_MEASUREMENT=en_US.UTF-8 LC_IDENTIFICATION=C attached base packages: [1] stats graphics grDevices utils datasets methods base > Sys.info() sysname release "Linux" "2.6.31.12-0.1-default" version nodename "#1 SMP 2010-01-27 08:20:11 +0100" "linux-46fj" machine login "i686" "unknown" user "izahn" > -Ista On Thu, Mar 18, 2010 at 6:42 PM, William Dunlap <wdun...@tibco.com> wrote: > I tried this on R 2.11.0 unstable (2010-03-07 r51225) using > encoding="UTF-8" and check.names=FALSE in read.table(). > It seemed to basically work, except that the data.frame/matrix printing > routine wants to print the Unicode codes for the characters > in the names: > > > data1 <- read.table("http://www.talgalili.com/files/aa.txt", > header = TRUE, sep = "\t", encoding="UTF-8", check.names=FALSE) > > data1 # I see Unicode codes, presumably the correct ones > <U+05D0><U+05D7><U+05EA> <U+05E9><U+05EA><U+05D9><U+05D9><U+05DD> > 1 12 97 > 2 123 354 > 3 6 1 > <U+05E9><U+05DC><U+05D5><U+05E9> > 1 6 > 2 44 > 3 3 > > colnames(data1) # I see Hebrew strings (in R the first starts with aleph) > [1] "אחת" "שתיים" "שלוש" > > colnames(data)[1] > [1] "אחת" > > strsplit(colnames(data)[1], "")[[1]][1] > [1] "א" > > data1[,"שתיים"] > [1] 97 354 1 > > I'm writing this in Outlook in the English (American) locale > and the copy-n-paste from the R gui window to the Outlook window > of the Hebrew letters reversed the whole line of them (reversing > the characters in each name and the names in the line), which I > why I showed a subset of the names and a substring of the first name. > > However, when I try to use lm() with this data.frame then I run into > trouble, which is probably the same problem as I see in the > data.frame printing: > > > lm(`שתיים` ~ `שלוש`) > Error: \uxxxx sequences not supported inside backticks (line 1) > > Bill Dunlap > Spotfire, TIBCO Software > wdunlap tibco.com > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: r-help-boun...@r-project.org >> [mailto:r-help-boun...@r-project.org] On Behalf Of Tal Galili >> Sent: Thursday, March 18, 2010 2:41 PM >> To: r-help@r-project.org >> Subject: [R] How to read.table with “Hebrew” column names (in R)? >> >> (I am reposting this question after a few months without a >> solution...) >> >> >> Hi all, >> >> I am trying to read a .txt file, with Hebrew column names, but without >> success. >> >> I uploaded an example file to: http://www.talgalili.com/files/aa.txt >> >> And tried the command: >> >> read.table("http://www.talgalili.com/files/aa.txt", header = >> T, sep = "\t") >> >> This returns me with: >> >> X.....ª X...ª...... X...Å“.... >> 1 12 97 6 >> 2 123 354 44 >> 3 6 1 3 >> >> Instead of: >> >> × ×—×ª ×©×ª×™×™× ×©×œ×•×© >> 12 97 6 >> 123 354 44 >> 6 1 3 >> >> >> Trying to use something like: >> >> read.table("http://www.talgalili.com/files/aa.txt",fileEncodin >> g ="iso8859-8") >> >> Has resulted in: >> >> V1 >> 1 ? >> Warning messages: >> 1: In read.table("http://www.talgalili.com/files/aa.txt", fileEncoding >> = "iso8859-8") : >> >> invalid input found on input connection >> 'http://www.talgalili.com/files/aa.txt' >> 2: In read.table("http://www.talgalili.com/files/aa.txt", fileEncoding >> = "iso8859-8") : >> >> incomplete final line found by readTableHeader on >> 'http://www.talgalili.com/files/aa.txt' >> >> While also trying this: >> >> Sys.setlocale("LC_ALL", "en_US.UTF-8") >> >> Or this: >> >> Sys.setlocale("LC_ALL", >> "en_US.UTF-8/en_US.UTF-8/C/C/en_US.UTF-8/en_US.UTF-8") >> >> Get's me this: >> >> [1] "" >> Warning message: >> In Sys.setlocale("LC_ALL", "en_US.UTF-8") : >> >> OS reports request to set locale to "en_US.UTF-8" cannot be honored >> >> >> >> My output for: >> >> l10n_info() >> >> Is: >> >> $MBCS >> [1] FALSE >> >> $`UTF-8` >> [1] FALSE >> >> $`Latin-1` >> [1] TRUE >> >> $codepage >> [1] 1252 >> >> And for: >> >> Sys.getlocale() >> >> Is: >> >> [1] "LC_COLLATE=English_United States.1252;LC_CTYPE=English_United >> States.1252;LC_MONETARY=English_United >> States.1252;LC_NUMERIC=C;LC_TIME=English_United States.1252" >> >> Finally, here is the > sessionInfo() >> >> R version 2.10.1 (2009-12-14) >> >> i386-pc-mingw32 >> >> locale: >> [1] LC_COLLATE=English_United States.1255 LC_CTYPE=English_United >> States.1252 LC_MONETARY=English_United States.1252 LC_NUMERIC=C >> [5] LC_TIME=English_United States.1252 >> >> attached base packages: >> [1] stats graphics grDevices utils datasets methods base >> >> loaded via a namespace (and not attached): >> [1] tools_2.10.1 >> >> >> Any suggestion or clarification will be appreciated. >> >> >> >> Best, >> >> Tal >> >> ----------------Contact >> Details:------------------------------------------------------- >> Contact me: tal.gal...@gmail.com | 972-52-7275845 >> Read me: www.talgalili.com (Hebrew) | www.biostatistics.co.il >> (Hebrew) | >> www.r-statistics.com (English) >> -------------------------------------------------------------- >> -------------------------------- >> >> [[alternative HTML version deleted]] >> >> > ______________________________________________ > R-help@r-project.org mailing list > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html > and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. > -- Ista Zahn Graduate student University of Rochester Department of Clinical and Social Psychology http://yourpsyche.org ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.