[R-pkg-devel] ASCII code for Degree symbol °

[Rafael H. M. Pereira]

Thank you, dbosak01. This was really  really  helpful !

best wishes,
Rafael Pereira

On Sun, Jan 23, 2022 at 11:09 PM <dbosak01 using gmail.com> wrote:

> vec <- c("one", "two", "three°")
> vec
> # [1] "one"    "two"    "three°"
>
> vec1 <- gsub("[\xB0]", ".", vec)
> vec1
> # [1] "one"    "two"    "three."
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: R-package-devel <r-package-devel-bounces using r-project.org> On Behalf
> Of Rafael H. M. Pereira
> Sent: Sunday, January 23, 2022 8:55 PM
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> Subject: [R-pkg-devel] ASCII code for Degree symbol °
>
> Hi all.
>
> In one of the functions of my package (flightsbr), I have a vector with
> character strings where I need to replace the degree symbol ° with a point
> '.' So this is what I do:
>
> vec <- gsub("[°]", ".", vec)
>
> However, I keep getting this Warning from devtools::check():
>   Found the following file with non-ASCII characters:
>     utils.R
>   Portable packages must use only ASCII characters in their R code,
>   except perhaps in comments.
>   Use \uxxxx escapes for other characters.
>
> I assume there is a ASCII representation of °, but I cannot really find a
> way to do this using ASCII  characters. Any ideas?
>
> best,
> Rafael Pereira
>
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