[R] Chinese Garbled

[William Dunlap]

>> columns are "处理水平"，“组别”，"物种数"。 But when I read this file with function
>> "read.csv" and displayed, these Chinese characters are garbled like the
>> followings：
>>> x<-read.csv("richness.csv")
>>> x[1:5,]
>>   X..理?? X.?? 物种数
>> 1        CK    总     34

You have to, at least, use the check.names=FALSE argument to read.csv.

E.g.,
  > str(read.csv(text="%*,&*,$\n1,2,4\n2,3,5"))
  'data.frame':   2 obs. of  3 variables:
   $ X..  : int  1 2
   $ X...1: int  2 3
   $ X.   : int  4 5
  > str(read.csv(text="%*,&*,$\n1,2,4\n2,3,5", check.names=FALSE))
  'data.frame':   2 obs. of  3 variables:
   $ %*: int  1 2
   $ &*: int  2 3
   $ $ : int  4 5

There may be more you have to do.

Bill Dunlap
Spotfire, TIBCO Software
wdunlap tibco.com


> -----Original Message-----
> From: r-help-bounces at r-project.org [mailto:r-help-bounces at r-project.org] On Behalf
> Of yuanzhi
> Sent: Monday, December 16, 2013 2:08 PM
> To: r-help at r-project.org
> Subject: Re: [R] Chinese Garbled
> 
> Ista Zahn wrote
> > This is the R-help mailing list. If your problem persists when using R
> > from the command line or with the GUI shipped with R on your
> > (unspecified) platform post back here. Otherwise the RStudio support
> > forum is at https://support.rstudio.com
> >
> > Best,
> > Ista
> >
> > On Sat, Dec 14, 2013 at 12:22 AM, yuanzhi <
> 
> > yuanzhi.li@
> 
> > > wrote:
> >> Hello, I met a problem which needs your help. I reinstalled the R and
> >> Rstudio
> >> recently. After that, I found there was a problem that the Chinese
> >> character
> >> was garbled in Rstudio sometimes.
> >>
> >> example 1
> >> "richness.csv" is a file containing three columns and the names of the
> >> three
> >> columns are "处理水平"，“组别”，"物种数"。 But when I read this file with
> function
> >> "read.csv" and displayed, these Chinese characters are garbled like the
> >> followings：
> >>> x<-read.csv("richness.csv")
> >>> x[1:5,]
> >>   X..理?? X.?? 物种数
> >> 1        CK    总     34
> >> 2        CK    总     43
> >> 3        CK    总     45
> >> 4        CK    总     41
> >> 5        CK    总     33
> >>
> >> example2
> >>
> >> Sometimes the prompting message also contains garabled Chinese
> >> characters.
> >> For example, when I run "?bargraph.CI"(which is a function in package
> >> "sciplot") before I use the cammand "library(sciplot)", it will appear
> >> the
> >> following message with garbled Chinese characters:
> >>> ?bargraph.CI
> >> No documentation for 慴argraph.CI?in specified packages and libraries:
> >> you could try ??bargraph.CI?
> >>
> >> So, what can I do to solve the problem. Thank you!
> >> Yuanzhi
> >>
> >>
> >>
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> 
> Hi, I am sorry to reply so late. Actually, When I run these codes directly
> in R(not Rstudio), it also appears the problem but in a different type:
> 
> > x<-read.csv("richness.csv")
> > x[1:5,]
>   X..ÀíË.Æ. X.é.ð ÎïÖÖÊý
> 1        CK    ×Ü     34
> 2        CK    ×Ü     43
> 3        CK    ×Ü     45
> 4        CK    ×Ü     41
> 5        CK    ×Ü     33
> 
> So, what should I do solve this problem?
> 
> 
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