[R] Finding & replacing non-ASCII characters

[Ista Zahn]

oops, get a little copy-paste happy there. Just need

x <- "mia. SzaĚmitaĚĂł"
x.out<-gsub("Ě","I",x)
x.out<-gsub("Ăł","A",x.out)
x.out

-Ista

On Thu, Nov 19, 2009 at 7:51 PM, Ista Zahn <istazahn at gmail.com> wrote:
> It works the same for me as it does for non-ASCII characters:
>
> x <- "mia. SzaĚmitaĚĂł"
> x.out<-gsub("Ăł","A",x)
> x.out<-gsub("Ăł","A",x.out)
> x.out<-gsub("Ě","I",x)
> x.out<-gsub("Ăł","A",x.out)
> x.out
> [1]"mia.SzaImitaIA"
>
> -Ista
>
> On Thu, Nov 19, 2009 at 7:03 PM, Steven Kang <stochastickang at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Hi guys,
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>> Are there any feasible methods in searching & finding non-ASCII characters
>> in R?
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>> For example, from the following object,
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>> x <- mia. SzaĚmitaĚĂł
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>> The desired output is,
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>> x.out <- mia. SzaImitaIA
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>> Your help in resolving this would be greatly appreciated.
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> --
> Ista Zahn
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> University of Rochester
> Department of Clinical and Social Psychology
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Ista Zahn
Graduate student
University of Rochester
Department of Clinical and Social Psychology
http://yourpsyche.org