[R] unicode only works with a second one

[Greg Snow]

I don't know how to help with the Unicode issue, but one alternative is the my.symbols function in the TeachingDemos package (see ?ms.male as well as ?my.symbols).

Hope this helps,

-- 
Gregory (Greg) L. Snow Ph.D.
Statistical Data Center
Intermountain Healthcare
greg.snow at imail.org
801.408.8111


> -----Original Message-----
> From: r-help-bounces at r-project.org [mailto:r-help-bounces at r-
> project.org] On Behalf Of Thomas Steiner
> Sent: Saturday, March 28, 2009 9:19 AM
> To: r-help at stat.math.ethz.ch
> Subject: [R] unicode only works with a second one
> 
> I'd like to paste a zodiac sign on a graph, but it only prints it when
> I add another unicode ( \u3030) to the desired \u2648 - why?
> See the examplecode (compare the orange with the skyblue):
> 
> plot(c(-1,1),c(-4,-2),type="n")
> text(x=0,y=-3.0,labels="\u2648 \u3030",cex=2.3,col="skyblue")
> text(x=0,y=-3.2,labels="\u2648",cex=2.3,col="orange")
> zodiac=c("\u2642 \u2643 \u2644 \u2645 \u2646 \u2647 \u2648 \u2649
> \u2650 \u2651 \u2652 \u2653")
> text(x=0,y=-3.5,labels=paste(zodiac,"\u3030"),cex=2.3,col="navy")
> 
> I use R version 2.8.1 (2008-12-22) under MS Windows Vista.
> Thanks for help
> Thomas
> 
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