Hi Scott, What's the result of running the linux "file" command on your input file? Does it give "ISO-8859 text " or something else?
example: [EMAIL PROTECTED] bobby]$ file test2.txt test2.txt: ISO-8859 text Best regards, Bobby On Thu, 14 Oct 2004 11:31:33 -0700, Scott Waichler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I am trying to process text fields scanned in from a csv file that is > output from the Windows database program FileMakerPro. The characters > onscreen look like regular text, but R does not like their underlying binary form. > For example, one of text fields contains a name and a number, but > R recognizes the number as something other than what it appears > to be in plain text. The character string "Draszt 03" after being > read into R using scan and ="" becomes "Draszt 03" where the 3 is > displayed in my R session as a superscript. Here is the result pasted > into this email I'm composing in emacs: "Draszt 0%/1€Œiso8859-15³" > Another clue for the knowledgable: when I try to display the vector element > causing trouble, I get > <CHARSXP: "Draszt 0%/1€Œiso8859-15³"> > where again the superscipt part is just "3" in my R session. I'm working in > Linux, R version 1.9.1, 2004-06-21. Your help will be much appreciated. > > Scott Waichler > Pacific Northwest National Laboratory > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > ______________________________________________ > [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > PLEASE do read the posting guide! http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html > ______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide! http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html
