character set problem
Dear R-users, Last week I installed R 3.5.2 on a new MacBook Air. I got error messages for the wrong locale (character set). And simple math proved not to work: Upon typing this, I got:
2?2
Error: unexpected input in "2?"
The character visible as a caret is apparently coded as something very different. Then I changed things according to the FAQ, chapter 7, (switching all settings to English), and executed the recommended line: defaults write org.R-project.R force.LANG en_US.UTF-8 The error messages disappeared, but the problem remained. A fresh install of R 3.5.2 also didn't help: Here its startup messages, then a line testing the caret:
R version 3.5.2 (2018-12-20) -- "Eggshell Igloo" Copyright (C) 2018 The R Foundation for Statistical Computing Platform: x86_64-apple-darwin15.6.0 (64-bit) R is free software and comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY. You are welcome to redistribute it under certain conditions. Type 'license()' or 'licence()' for distribution details. Natural language support but running in an English locale R is a collaborative project with many contributors. Type 'contributors()' for more information and 'citation()' on how to cite R or R packages in publications. Type 'demo()' for some demos, 'help()' for on-line help, or 'help.start()' for an HTML browser interface to help. Type 'q()' to quit R. [R.app GUI 1.70 (7612) x86_64-apple-darwin15.6.0] [History restored from /Users/fb/.Rapp.history]
2?2
Error: unexpected input in "2?"
Does anyone know how to get R (R.app) to interpret a caret as a caret? Thanks in advance, Franklin Bretschneider Utrecht University Utrecht, The Netherlands