[R] changing names with different character sets

[Jeff Newmiller]

Refer to the columns by their position (numerically).
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Erin Hodgess <erinm.hodgess at gmail.com> wrote:

>Dear R People:
>
>I'm trying to replicate something that I saw on an R blog.
>
>The first step is to load in the .rda file, which is fine.
>
>However, some of the names of the columns in the data frame have
>special characters, accents, and such.
>
>How do I get around this on a basic keyboard, please?
>
>Thanks,
>Erin
>
>
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>Erin Hodgess
>Associate Professor
>Department of Computer and Mathematical Sciences
>University of Houston - Downtown
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