Re: [R] all extended ASCII characters exist for R console output?

2010-11-19 Thread Henrik Bengtsson
Just to get the message through that some already tried, e.g. on Windows 7 with R (Rterm) you get: > cat("\u2591","\u2592","\u2593") ¦ ¦ ¦> > See it didn't even cut'n'paste the same visual symbols as I see in Rterm but I guess you cannot see that. Make sense? No? Point is, expect issues if yo

Re: [R] all extended ASCII characters exist for R console output?

2010-11-19 Thread David Winsemius
On Nov 19, 2010, at 11:45 AM, Jeff Newmiller wrote: The glyphs displayed depend on the "terminal" you are using, which may be operating-system dependent. Beware of assuming that other people will see the same things you do in their consoles. On a Mac this: > cat("\u2591","\u2592","\u259

Re: [R] all extended ASCII characters exist for R console output?

2010-11-19 Thread Jeff Newmiller
The glyphs displayed depend on the "terminal" you are using, which may be operating-system dependent. Beware of assuming that other people will see the same things you do in their consoles. "Mark Heckmann" wrote: >just found it out. >to get an overview: > >for (i in 2590:3000) > cat(eval

Re: [R] all extended ASCII characters exist for R console output?

2010-11-19 Thread Mark Heckmann
just found it out. to get an overview: for (i in 2590:3000) cat(eval(parse(text=paste("\"\\u", i, "\"", sep="" Thanks, Mark Am 19.11.2010 um 17:24 schrieb Henrique Dallazuanna: > In the plot window: > > plot(1, main = "\u2591\u2592\u2593") > > > On Fri, Nov 19, 2010 at 2:02 PM, Mark

Re: [R] all extended ASCII characters exist for R console output?

2010-11-19 Thread Mark Heckmann
is it also possible on the console? that is what i am actually interested in? Thanks in advance! Mark Am 19.11.2010 um 17:24 schrieb Henrique Dallazuanna: > In the plot window: > > plot(1, main = "\u2591\u2592\u2593") > > > On Fri, Nov 19, 2010 at 2:02 PM, Mark Heckmann > wrote: > Hi, > > can

Re: [R] all extended ASCII characters exist for R console output?

2010-11-19 Thread Henrique Dallazuanna
In the plot window: plot(1, main = "\u2591\u2592\u2593") On Fri, Nov 19, 2010 at 2:02 PM, Mark Heckmann wrote: > Hi, > > can the R console print all extended ASCII characters? > I am especially interested in characters 176-178 from > http://www.asciitable.com/ > bottom table. > As far as I kn

[R] all extended ASCII characters exist for R console output?

2010-11-19 Thread Mark Heckmann
Hi, can the R console print all extended ASCII characters? I am especially interested in characters 176-178 from http://www.asciitable.com/ bottom table. As far as I know the character mapping in R is somewhat different (octal). So as I am not familiar with these things I am not sure if it