[R] Odp: language!!!

[Petr PIKAL]

Hi Tal

Yes this was what I tried but it did not reveal hebrew  signs, therefore I 
assume it has something to do with OS.

put this line

Sys.setlocale("LC_ALL", "Hebrew")

in your Rprofile.site file in etc folder of your R instalatiion

Regards
Petr


Tal Galili <tal.galili at gmail.com> napsal dne 19.03.2010 09:01:20:

> Hi Petr,
> 
> Please try:
> 
> Sys.setlocale("LC_ALL", "Hebrew")
> # And
> a<- read.table("http://www.talgalili.com/files/aa.txt",encoding="UTF-8" 
> ,check.names=FALSE, header = T, sep = "\t")   # Notice the use of 
encoding
> a
> 
> And let me know if that works...
> 
> The only question I have left is how can you set 
> Sys.setlocale("LC_ALL", "Hebrew")
> As the default of R when it is being loaded.
> 
> Thanks again,
> 
> Tal
> 
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> On Fri, Mar 19, 2010 at 9:52 AM, Petr PIKAL <petr.pikal at precheza.cz> 
wrote:
> Hi
> 
> Thanks, I am surprised, as I tried it after Bill's post and it did not
> work on my machine W2000, So probably the success or failure is system
> specific.
> 
> Regards
> Petr
> 
> Tal Galili <tal.galili at gmail.com> napsal dne 19.03.2010 08:43:11:
> 
> > It worked !
> >
> > Thank you very much Petr!
> >
> > Tal
> >
> >
> >
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> >
> >
> 
> > On Fri, Mar 19, 2010 at 9:32 AM, Petr PIKAL <petr.pikal at precheza.cz>
> wrote:
> > Hi
> >
> > I am not definitely expert in locales. It is a relict from time I 
worked
> > with W95/98 where were some problems with locale setting and/or
> graphing.
> > I would try just before reading in a file to change locale setting by
> >
> > ?Sys.setlocale
> >
> > > Sys.getlocale()
> > [1] "LC_COLLATE=Czech_Czech Republic.1250;LC_CTYPE=Czech_Czech
> > Republic.1250;LC_MONETARY=Czech_Czech
> > Republic.1250;LC_NUMERIC=C;LC_TIME=Czech_Czech Republic.1250"
> > > Sys.setlocale("LC_ALL", "Hebrew")
> > [1]
> > "LC_COLLATE=Hebrew_Israel.1255;LC_CTYPE=Hebrew_Israel.
> >
> 
1255;LC_MONETARY=Hebrew_Israel.1255;LC_NUMERIC=C;LC_TIME=Hebrew_Israel.1255"
> > > Sys.getlocale()
> > [1]
> > "LC_COLLATE=Hebrew_Israel.1255;LC_CTYPE=Hebrew_Israel.
> >
> 
1255;LC_MONETARY=Hebrew_Israel.1255;LC_NUMERIC=C;LC_TIME=Hebrew_Israel.1255"
> >
> > and then try to read in the data.
> >
> > Regards
> > Petr
> >
> >
> > >
> > Tal Galili <tal.galili at gmail.com> napsal dne 18.03.2010 16:23:25:
> >
> > > Hello Petr,
> > >
> > > Since you seem to understand about locals, maybe you could (and will
> be
> > > willing) to help me.
> > >
> > > I wish to read in a simple file in Hebrew. It has just two lines:
> > > שלוםרבשובך
> > > ציפורהנחמדת
> > >
> > > But when I use:
> > > read.table("c:\\temp.txt")
> > > I get:
> > >            V1
> > > 1  ùìåíøáùåáê
> > > 2 öéôåøäðçîãú
> > >
> > > My output for:
> > > l10n_info()
> > > Is:
> > > $MBCS
> > > [1] FALSE
> > >
> > > $`UTF-8`
> > > [1] FALSE
> > >
> > > $`Latin-1`
> > > [1] TRUE
> > >
> > > $codepage
> > > [1] 1252
> > > And for:
> > > Sys.getlocale()
> > >
> > > Is:
> > > [1] "LC_COLLATE=English_United States.1252;LC_CTYPE=English_United
> > States.
> > > 1252;LC_MONETARY=English_United States.
> > > 1252;LC_NUMERIC=C;LC_TIME=English_United States.1252"
> > >
> > > Can you suggest to me what to try and change to allow me to load the
> > file correctly ?
> > >
> > > Thanks!
> > >
> > > Tal
> > >
> > >
> > >
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> > > Read me: www.talgalili.com (Hebrew) | www.biostatistics.co.il 
(Hebrew)
> |
> >
> > > www.r-statistics.com (English)
> > >
> >
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> > >
> > >
> >
> > > 2010/3/18 Petr PIKAL <petr.pikal at precheza.cz>
> > > Hi
> > >
> > > r-help-bounces at r-project.org napsal dne 18.03.2010 11:16:26:
> > >
> > > >
> > > > Hi,
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > there´s something that really bothers me about R and after hours 
and
> > > hours of
> > > > internet research, I´m still stuck with the same problem: I
> installed
> > R
> > > and it
> > > > is in Spanish, as the system on my work. I would really like it in
> > > English and
> > > > there seems to be no way to change that!?! I´m doing an abroad
> > > internship, so
> > > > my Spanish is far from perfect and my tutorial is in English.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Is there any way that I´m not aware of to change the language
> > > environment of R?
> >
> > > Maybe
> > >
> > > ?Sys.getlocale
> > >
> > > Sys.setlocale("LC_ALL", "Czech") # for Czech locale
> > >
> > > Regards
> > > Petr
> > >
> > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Thanks a lot!
> > > >
> > > > Katharina
> > > >
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