issue with encoding in R-2.8.1 invalid multibyte character
Well, we don't see what you see. but if ? was hex a7, the message is entirely correct. If you want to enter that, use "\xa7".
On Tue, 30 Dec 2008, Wijffels, Jan wrote:
Hi, We recently switched from R2.7.0 to R2.8.1 but having problems tracking down this 'invalid multibyte character' encoding issue. Can someone point us how to solve this?
sessionInfo()
R version 2.8.1 (2008-12-22) x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu locale: LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8;LC_NUMERIC=C;LC_TIME=en_US.UTF-8;LC_COLLATE=en_US.UTF-8;LC_MONETARY=C;LC_MESSAGES=en_US.UTF-8;LC_PAPER=en_US.UTF-8;LC_NAME=C;LC_ADDRESS=C;LC_TELEPHONE=C;LC_MEASUREMENT=en_US.UTF-8;LC_IDENTIFICATION=C attached base packages: [1] stats graphics grDevices utils datasets methods base
print("?")
Error: invalid multibyte character in parser at line 1
sessionInfo()
R version 2.7.0 (2008-04-22) x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu locale: LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8;LC_NUMERIC=C;LC_TIME=en_US.UTF-8;LC_COLLATE=en_US.UTF-8;LC_MONETARY=C;LC_MESSAGES=en_US.UTF-8;LC_PAPER=en_US.UTF-8;LC_NAME=C;LC_ADDRESS=C;LC_TELEPHONE=C;LC_MEASUREMENT=en_US.UTF-8;LC_IDENTIFICATION=C attached base packages: [1] stats graphics grDevices utils datasets methods base
print("?")
[1] "\xa7" Thanks, Jan Wijffels Statistical Analyst www.thomascook.be | +32 9 241 1709 [[alternative HTML version deleted]]
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