Danish characters i R2.0.1 vs R1.9.1 under winXP
Try R 2.0.1 patched instead: the bug in (some versions of?) Windows XP has been worked around now.
On Tue, 23 Nov 2004, Hans Gardfjell wrote:
Sorry for not reporting earlier, but the same problem exists with Swedish verisons of Windows XP together with R 2.0.0 patched (but not with R 1.9.1) and the last characters in our alphabet.
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[1] "\344"
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[1] "\366"
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[1] "?"
"?"
[1] "\326"
"?"
[1] "\304"
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[1] "\305" Hans Gardfjell Ecology and Environmental science Ume? University, Sweden
The problem is in your OS, which thinks the character \370 is not printable in your locale.
Apparently this is a WinXP problem, for it also thinks \366 is not printable in German (and other versions of Windows thinks it is). (Uwe Ligges pointed that out a few hours ago.)
R 1.9.1 did not check, and so made a mess of trying to print non-printable characters, in particular nuls and control characters.
There is no simple workaround, as you do want octal representation for non-printable characters (e.g. embedded nuls). What I have proposed is that we override Windows' view for upper (>= 0x80) characters.
It does not seem to be common: the only reports before today were for Chinese, which is not expected to work.
On Mon, 22 Nov 2004, Ladelund, Steen wrote:
/ Hi all.
/>>/ />>/ After upgrading to R2.0.1 i get />>/ />>>/ "?" />>/ [1] "?" />>>/ "?" />>/ [1] "\370" />>>/ "?" />>/ [1] "?" />>/ />>/ Whereas under R1.9.1 i get />>/ />>>/ "?" />>/ [1] "?" />>>/ "?" />>/ [1] "?" />>>/ "?" />>/ [1] "?" />>/ />>/ Any hints apreciated. />>/ />>/ Steen />>/ />>/ Steen Ladelund, statistician />>/ +4543233275 stelad01.FUNNYAglostruphospDOTkbhamt.dk />>/ Research Center for Prevention and Health />>/ Glostrup University Hospital, Denmark />>/ www.fcfs.kbhamt.dk />>/ />>/ ______________________________________________ />>/ R-help at stat.math.ethz.ch <https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help> mailing list />>/ https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help />>/ PLEASE do read the posting guide!
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