R: How to handle raw/byte characters mixed with latin-1 characters
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I have some e-mails that have raw instead of latin-1 characters for æ,Æ,ø,Ø,å,Å.
# My string
my_string = "Den vedh=E6ftede"
# Should be
"Den vedhæftede fil"
# Raw character for E6
> charToRaw("æ")
[1] e6
Is there any way to convert the data back to the correct format other than to do a string replace?
# Naive solution (with potential problems)
> gsub("=E6", "æ", "Den vedh=E6ftede")
[1] "Den vedhæftede"
String replace has the problem if "=E6" exists naturally in the e-mails.
Any suggestions?
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asked Nov 8 at 14:09
Esben Eickhardt
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I have some e-mails that have raw instead of latin-1 characters for æ,Æ,ø,Ø,å,Å.
# My string
my_string = "Den vedh=E6ftede"
# Should be
"Den vedhæftede fil"
# Raw character for E6
> charToRaw("æ")
[1] e6
Is there any way to convert the data back to the correct format other than to do a string replace?
# Naive solution (with potential problems)
> gsub("=E6", "æ", "Den vedh=E6ftede")
[1] "Den vedhæftede"
String replace has the problem if "=E6" exists naturally in the e-mails.
Any suggestions?
r encoding utf-8 byte
asked Nov 8 at 14:09
Esben Eickhardt
507415
FWIW, that symbol has ane6raw representation if the encoding islatin1. InUTF-8its byte representation isc3 a6(2 bytes).
– nicola
Nov 8 at 14:15
This looks like Microsoft's mangling behaviour. I'm pretty sure it escapes naturally occurring strings that would otherwise be transcoded to hex.
– hrbrmstr
Nov 8 at 14:20
I just edited the "UTF-8" to the correct "latin1"
– Esben Eickhardt
Nov 8 at 14:53
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I have some e-mails that have raw instead of latin-1 characters for æ,Æ,ø,Ø,å,Å.
# My string
my_string = "Den vedh=E6ftede"
# Should be
"Den vedhæftede fil"
# Raw character for E6
> charToRaw("æ")
[1] e6
Is there any way to convert the data back to the correct format other than to do a string replace?
# Naive solution (with potential problems)
> gsub("=E6", "æ", "Den vedh=E6ftede")
[1] "Den vedhæftede"
String replace has the problem if "=E6" exists naturally in the e-mails.
Any suggestions?
r encoding utf-8 byte
asked Nov 8 at 14:09
Esben Eickhardt
507415
I have some e-mails that have raw instead of latin-1 characters for æ,Æ,ø,Ø,å,Å.
# My string
my_string = "Den vedh=E6ftede"
# Should be
"Den vedhæftede fil"
# Raw character for E6
> charToRaw("æ")
[1] e6
Is there any way to convert the data back to the correct format other than to do a string replace?
# Naive solution (with potential problems)
> gsub("=E6", "æ", "Den vedh=E6ftede")
[1] "Den vedhæftede"
String replace has the problem if "=E6" exists naturally in the e-mails.
Any suggestions?
r encoding utf-8 byte
r encoding utf-8 byte
asked Nov 8 at 14:09
Esben Eickhardt
507415
asked Nov 8 at 14:09
Esben Eickhardt
507415
edited Nov 8 at 14:28
asked Nov 8 at 14:09
Esben Eickhardt
507415
asked Nov 8 at 14:09
Esben Eickhardt
507415
asked Nov 8 at 14:09
Esben Eickhardt
507415
507415
FWIW, that symbol has ane6raw representation if the encoding islatin1. InUTF-8its byte representation isc3 a6(2 bytes).
– nicola
Nov 8 at 14:15
This looks like Microsoft's mangling behaviour. I'm pretty sure it escapes naturally occurring strings that would otherwise be transcoded to hex.
– hrbrmstr
Nov 8 at 14:20
I just edited the "UTF-8" to the correct "latin1"
– Esben Eickhardt
Nov 8 at 14:53
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FWIW, that symbol has ane6raw representation if the encoding islatin1. InUTF-8its byte representation isc3 a6(2 bytes).
– nicola
Nov 8 at 14:15
This looks like Microsoft's mangling behaviour. I'm pretty sure it escapes naturally occurring strings that would otherwise be transcoded to hex.
– hrbrmstr
Nov 8 at 14:20
I just edited the "UTF-8" to the correct "latin1"
– Esben Eickhardt
Nov 8 at 14:53
FWIW, that symbol has an
e6 raw representation if the encoding is latin1. In UTF-8 its byte representation is c3 a6 (2 bytes).– nicola
Nov 8 at 14:15
FWIW, that symbol has an
e6 raw representation if the encoding is latin1. In UTF-8 its byte representation is c3 a6 (2 bytes).– nicola
Nov 8 at 14:15
This looks like Microsoft's mangling behaviour. I'm pretty sure it escapes naturally occurring strings that would otherwise be transcoded to hex.
– hrbrmstr
Nov 8 at 14:20
This looks like Microsoft's mangling behaviour. I'm pretty sure it escapes naturally occurring strings that would otherwise be transcoded to hex.
– hrbrmstr
Nov 8 at 14:20
I just edited the "UTF-8" to the correct "latin1"
– Esben Eickhardt
Nov 8 at 14:53
I just edited the "UTF-8" to the correct "latin1"
– Esben Eickhardt
Nov 8 at 14:53
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FWIW, that symbol has an
e6raw representation if the encoding islatin1. InUTF-8its byte representation isc3 a6(2 bytes).– nicola
Nov 8 at 14:15
This looks like Microsoft's mangling behaviour. I'm pretty sure it escapes naturally occurring strings that would otherwise be transcoded to hex.
– hrbrmstr
Nov 8 at 14:20
I just edited the "UTF-8" to the correct "latin1"
– Esben Eickhardt
Nov 8 at 14:53