[R] R in Linux: problem with special characters

[Duncan Murdoch]

daniel fernandes wrote:
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> Hi,
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> I’m working with the 64 bit version of R 2.11.0 for Linux. My session info is:
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> R version 2.11.0 (2010-04-22)
> x86_64-redhat-linux-gnu
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> locale:
> [1] C
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> attached base packages:
> [1] stats     graphics  grDevices utils     datasets  methods   base 
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> When I try to print words with special characters the result is that the expression printed has some kind of code substituting the special character. For example, if I run print(“dúvida”) the result is:
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>  > print("dúvida")
> [1] "d\372vida"
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> This as problem has something to do with the locale settings? If I run the locale command in the Linux server, I get:
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Yes, it's your locale settings. The C locale doesn't support the "ú" 
character in your string, and displays it in octal.

Duncan Murdoch
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> [daniel.fernandes at pt-lnx13 ~]$ locale
> LANG=pt_PT.UTF-8
> LC_CTYPE="C"
> LC_NUMERIC="C"
> LC_TIME="C"
> LC_COLLATE="C"
> LC_MONETARY="C"
> LC_MESSAGES="C"
> LC_PAPER="C"
> LC_NAME="C"
> LC_ADDRESS="C"
> LC_TELEPHONE="C"
> LC_MEASUREMENT="C"
> LC_IDENTIFICATION="C"
> LC_ALL=C
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> Thanks in advance for your help,
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> Daniel
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