build package with unicode (farsi) strings

Hi,

I have a R script file with Persian letters in it defined as a variable:

#' @export
letters_fa <- c('???','?','?','?','?','?','?','?','?','?','?','?')

I have specified the encoding field in my DESCRIPTION file of my package.

...
Encoding: UTF-8
...

I also included Sys.setlocale(locale="Persian") in my .RProfile, so it is
executed when RCMD is called. However, after a BUILD and INSTALL, when I
access the variable from the package, the characters are not printed
correctly:

futils::letters_fa

 [1] "<d8><a7><d9><84><d9><81>" "<d8><a8>"                 "<d9><be>"
           "<d8><aa>"                 "<d8><ab>"
 [6] "<d8><ac>"                 "<da><86>"                 "<d8><ad>"
           "<d8><ae>"                 "<d8><b1>"
[11] "<d8><b2>"                 "<d8><af>"


thanks
Farid

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Dear Farid,

Try using the ASCII notation. letters_fa <- c("\u0627", "\u0641").

code table is available at https://www.utf8-chartable.de

Best regards,



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2018-08-28 7:17 GMT+02:00 Faridedin Cheraghi <faridcher at gmail.com>:

Hi,

I have a R script file with Persian letters in it defined as a variable:

#' @export
letters_fa <- c('???','?','?','?','?','?','?','?','?','?','?','?')

I have specified the encoding field in my DESCRIPTION file of my package.

...
Encoding: UTF-8
...

I also included Sys.setlocale(locale="Persian") in my .RProfile, so it is
executed when RCMD is called. However, after a BUILD and INSTALL, when I
access the variable from the package, the characters are not printed
correctly:

futils::letters_fa

 [1] "<d8><a7><d9><84><d9><81>" "<d8><a8>"                 "<d9><be>"
           "<d8><aa>"                 "<d8><ab>"
 [6] "<d8><ac>"                 "<da><86>"                 "<d8><ad>"
           "<d8><ae>"                 "<d8><b1>"
[11] "<d8><b2>"                 "<d8><af>"


thanks
Farid

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Dear Farid,

Try using the ASCII notation. letters_fa <- c("\u0627", "\u0641"). The full
code table is available at https://www.utf8-chartable.de