R character Encoding goes wrong (English - Spanish)
Im trying to load a dataset into R using an API that lets me do a query and returns back the data I need (I cant configure on server side).
I know it has something to do with Encoding. When i check the string in from by dataframe in R in gives me ENC: UTF-8 "Cosmética".
When i copy the source string "Cosmética" it gives me latin1.
How can i get the UTF-8 string properly formatted like the latin1?
Ive tried this below:
Sys.setlocale("LC_ALL","Spanish")
tried directly on the string:
Enconding(Description) <- "latin1"
unfortunately i cant get it to work. Any ideas are welcome! Thanks.
r character-encoding
asked Nov 12 '18 at 11:03
Sander Van der ZeeuwSander Van der Zeeuw
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Im trying to load a dataset into R using an API that lets me do a query and returns back the data I need (I cant configure on server side).
I know it has something to do with Encoding. When i check the string in from by dataframe in R in gives me ENC: UTF-8 "Cosmética".
When i copy the source string "Cosmética" it gives me latin1.
How can i get the UTF-8 string properly formatted like the latin1?
Ive tried this below:
Sys.setlocale("LC_ALL","Spanish")
tried directly on the string:
Enconding(Description) <- "latin1"
unfortunately i cant get it to work. Any ideas are welcome! Thanks.
r character-encoding
asked Nov 12 '18 at 11:03
Sander Van der ZeeuwSander Van der Zeeuw
637828
add a comment |
Im trying to load a dataset into R using an API that lets me do a query and returns back the data I need (I cant configure on server side).
I know it has something to do with Encoding. When i check the string in from by dataframe in R in gives me ENC: UTF-8 "Cosmética".
When i copy the source string "Cosmética" it gives me latin1.
How can i get the UTF-8 string properly formatted like the latin1?
Ive tried this below:
Sys.setlocale("LC_ALL","Spanish")
tried directly on the string:
Enconding(Description) <- "latin1"
unfortunately i cant get it to work. Any ideas are welcome! Thanks.
r character-encoding
asked Nov 12 '18 at 11:03
Sander Van der ZeeuwSander Van der Zeeuw
637828
Im trying to load a dataset into R using an API that lets me do a query and returns back the data I need (I cant configure on server side).
I know it has something to do with Encoding. When i check the string in from by dataframe in R in gives me ENC: UTF-8 "Cosmética".
When i copy the source string "Cosmética" it gives me latin1.
How can i get the UTF-8 string properly formatted like the latin1?
Ive tried this below:
Sys.setlocale("LC_ALL","Spanish")
tried directly on the string:
Enconding(Description) <- "latin1"
unfortunately i cant get it to work. Any ideas are welcome! Thanks.
r character-encoding
r character-encoding
asked Nov 12 '18 at 11:03
Sander Van der ZeeuwSander Van der Zeeuw
637828
asked Nov 12 '18 at 11:03
Sander Van der ZeeuwSander Van der Zeeuw
637828
asked Nov 12 '18 at 11:03
Sander Van der ZeeuwSander Van der Zeeuw
637828
asked Nov 12 '18 at 11:03
Sander Van der ZeeuwSander Van der Zeeuw
637828
asked Nov 12 '18 at 11:03
Sander Van der ZeeuwSander Van der Zeeuw
637828
637828
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You can use iconv to change to encoding of the string:
iconv(mystring, to = "ISO-8859-1")
# [1] "Cosmética"
ISO 8859-1 is the common character encoding in Western Europe.
answered Nov 12 '18 at 11:52
Sven HohensteinSven Hohenstein
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thanks for this. It works indeed if the source Encoding is correct. For me some system setting were overwritten so i changed those and works now ;-)
– Sander Van der Zeeuw
Nov 12 '18 at 15:58
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You can use iconv to change to encoding of the string:
iconv(mystring, to = "ISO-8859-1")
# [1] "Cosmética"
ISO 8859-1 is the common character encoding in Western Europe.
answered Nov 12 '18 at 11:52
Sven HohensteinSven Hohenstein
65.2k1297129
thanks for this. It works indeed if the source Encoding is correct. For me some system setting were overwritten so i changed those and works now ;-)
– Sander Van der Zeeuw
Nov 12 '18 at 15:58
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You can use iconv to change to encoding of the string:
iconv(mystring, to = "ISO-8859-1")
# [1] "Cosmética"
ISO 8859-1 is the common character encoding in Western Europe.
answered Nov 12 '18 at 11:52
Sven HohensteinSven Hohenstein
65.2k1297129
thanks for this. It works indeed if the source Encoding is correct. For me some system setting were overwritten so i changed those and works now ;-)
– Sander Van der Zeeuw
Nov 12 '18 at 15:58
add a comment |
You can use iconv to change to encoding of the string:
iconv(mystring, to = "ISO-8859-1")
# [1] "Cosmética"
ISO 8859-1 is the common character encoding in Western Europe.
answered Nov 12 '18 at 11:52
Sven HohensteinSven Hohenstein
65.2k1297129
You can use iconv to change to encoding of the string:
iconv(mystring, to = "ISO-8859-1")
# [1] "Cosmética"
ISO 8859-1 is the common character encoding in Western Europe.
answered Nov 12 '18 at 11:52
Sven HohensteinSven Hohenstein
65.2k1297129
answered Nov 12 '18 at 11:52
Sven HohensteinSven Hohenstein
65.2k1297129
answered Nov 12 '18 at 11:52
Sven HohensteinSven Hohenstein
65.2k1297129
answered Nov 12 '18 at 11:52
Sven HohensteinSven Hohenstein
65.2k1297129
65.2k1297129
thanks for this. It works indeed if the source Encoding is correct. For me some system setting were overwritten so i changed those and works now ;-)
– Sander Van der Zeeuw
Nov 12 '18 at 15:58
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thanks for this. It works indeed if the source Encoding is correct. For me some system setting were overwritten so i changed those and works now ;-)
– Sander Van der Zeeuw
Nov 12 '18 at 15:58
thanks for this. It works indeed if the source Encoding is correct. For me some system setting were overwritten so i changed those and works now ;-)
– Sander Van der Zeeuw
Nov 12 '18 at 15:58
thanks for this. It works indeed if the source Encoding is correct. For me some system setting were overwritten so i changed those and works now ;-)
– Sander Van der Zeeuw
Nov 12 '18 at 15:58
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