[R] data frames with å, ä, and ö (=non-ASCII-characters) from windows to mac os x

[Ivan Alves]

Hi,

On my system (see below), it works fine (inputing the code below at  
the R prompt).  Make sure that the encoding of the input file is  
encoded UTF-8.

Rgds,

Ivan

 > sessionInfo()
R version 2.8.1 Patched (2009-01-14 r47602)
i386-apple-darwin9.6.0

locale:
en_GB.UTF-8/en_GB.UTF-8/C/C/en_GB.UTF-8/en_GB.UTF-8

attached base packages:
[1] stats     graphics  grDevices utils     datasets  methods   base
 > structure(list(LANKOD = structure(c(11L, 19L, 10L, 13L, 21L,7L, 9L,  
18L, 8L, 3L, 16L, 6L, 5L, 4L, 15L, 2L, 20L, 17L, 1L,14L, 12L), .Label  
= c("AB", "AC", "BD", "C", "D", "E", "F", "G","H", "I", "K", "M", "N",  
"O", "S", "T", "U", "W", "X", "Y", "Z"), class = "factor"), Län =  
structure(c(1L, 4L, 3L, 5L, 6L, 7L,8L, 2L, 9L, 10L, 20L, 21L, 13L,  
14L, 15L, 16L, 17L, 18L, 12L,19L, 11L), .Label = c("Blekinge län",  
"Dalarnas län", "Gotlands län","Gävleborgs län","Hallands län",  
"Jämtlands län", "Jönköpings län","Kalmar län", "Kronobergs län",  
"Norrbottens län", "Skåne län","Stockholms län", "Södermanlands län",  
"Uppsala län", "Värmlands län","Västerbottens län", "Västernorrlands  
län", "Västmanlands län","Västra Götalands län", "Örebro län",  
"Östergötlands län"), class ="factor")), .Names = c("LANKOD","Län"),  
class = "data.frame", row.names = c("0", "1", "2", "3","4", "5", "6",  
"7", "8", "9", "10", "11", "12", "13", "14", "15","16", "17", "18",  
"19", "20"))
    LANKOD                  Län
0       K         Blekinge län
1       X       Gävleborgs län
2       I         Gotlands län
3       N         Hallands län
4       Z        Jämtlands län
5       F       Jönköpings län
6       H           Kalmar län
7       W         Dalarnas län
8       G       Kronobergs län
9      BD      Norrbottens län
10      T           Örebro län
11      E    Östergötlands län
12      D    Södermanlands län
13      C          Uppsala län
14      S        Värmlands län
15     AC    Västerbottens län
16      Y  Västernorrlands län
17      U     Västmanlands län
18     AB       Stockholms län
19      O Västra Götalands län
20      M            Skåne län
 > Länkarta <- structure(list(LANKOD = structure(c(11L, 19L, 10L, 13L,  
21L,7L, 9L, 18L, 8L, 3L, 16L, 6L, 5L, 4L, 15L, 2L, 20L, 17L, 1L,14L,  
12L), .Label = c("AB", "AC", "BD", "C", "D", "E", "F", "G","H", "I",  
"K", "M", "N", "O", "S", "T", "U", "W", "X", "Y", "Z"), class =  
"factor"), Län = structure(c(1L, 4L, 3L, 5L, 6L, 7L,8L, 2L, 9L, 10L,  
20L, 21L, 13L, 14L, 15L, 16L, 17L, 18L, 12L,19L, 11L), .Label =  
c("Blekinge län", "Dalarnas län", "Gotlands län","Gävleborgs  
län","Hallands län", "Jämtlands län", "Jönköpings län","Kalmar län",  
"Kronobergs län", "Norrbottens län", "Skåne län","Stockholms län",  
"Södermanlands län", "Uppsala län", "Värmlands län","Västerbottens  
län", "Västernorrlands län", "Västmanlands län","Västra Götalands  
län", "Örebro län", "Östergötlands län"), class ="factor")), .Names =  
c("LANKOD","Län"), class = "data.frame", row.names = c("0", "1", "2",  
"3","4", "5", "6", "7", "8", "9", "10", "11", "12", "13", "14",  
"15","16", "17", "18", "19", "20"))
 > ls()
[1] "Länkarta"
 >
On 16 Jan 2009, at 14:13, Gustaf Rydevik wrote:

> Hi,
> I ran into this issue previously and managed to solve it, but I've
> forgotten how and am getting frustrated...
>
> I have a data frame (see below) with scandinavian characters in R
> (2.7.1) running on a Win Xp-computer. I save the data frame in an
> RData-file on a usb stick, and load() it in R (2.8.0) running on OS X
> 10.5. Now the name of the data frame and all factor labels with
> scandinavian characters are scrambled. How do I make R in OS X read my
> data frame?
>> From what I've managed to find in the list archives and the FAQ I  
>> either
> 1) run
> Sys.setlocale("LC_ALL","en_US.UTF-8") ### Doesn't change anything
> or
> 2) run
>  defaults write org.R-project.R force.LANG en_US.UTF-8
> in the terminal, which doesn't help either.
> I must admit that I couldn't quite follow what documentation i found
> on locales, so I might have messed up somewhere along the line.
>
> Many thanks in advance for your help!
>
> Regards,
>
> Gustaf
>
>
> --------
>
> Länkarta <-
> structure(list(LANKOD = structure(c(11L, 19L, 10L, 13L, 21L,
> 7L, 9L, 18L, 8L, 3L, 16L, 6L, 5L, 4L, 15L, 2L, 20L, 17L, 1L,
> 14L, 12L), .Label = c("AB", "AC", "BD", "C", "D", "E", "F", "G",
> "H", "I", "K", "M", "N", "O", "S", "T", "U", "W", "X", "Y", "Z"
> ), class = "factor"), Län = structure(c(1L, 4L, 3L, 5L, 6L, 7L,
> 8L, 2L, 9L, 10L, 20L, 21L, 13L, 14L, 15L, 16L, 17L, 18L, 12L,
> 19L, 11L), .Label = c("Blekinge län", "Dalarnas län", "Gotlands län",
> "Gävleborgs län", "Hallands län", "Jämtlands län", "Jönköpings län",
> "Kalmar län", "Kronobergs län", "Norrbottens län", "Skåne län",
> "Stockholms län", "Södermanlands län", "Uppsala län", "Värmlands län",
> "Västerbottens län", "Västernorrlands län", "Västmanlands län",
> "Västra Götalands län", "Örebro län", "Östergötlands län"), class =
> "factor")), .Names = c("LANKOD",
> "Län"), class = "data.frame", row.names = c("0", "1", "2", "3",
> "4", "5", "6", "7", "8", "9", "10", "11", "12", "13", "14", "15",
> "16", "17", "18", "19", "20"))
>
>
>
> -- 
> Gustaf Rydevik, M.Sci.
> tel: +46(0)703 051 451
> address:Essingetorget 40,112 66 Stockholm, SE
> skype:gustaf_rydevik
>
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