Getting unwanted characters for apostrophe when reading data from a “|” (pipe) separated text file in R
I am trying to read data from a text file that contains data in the following format:
583550348352212992|Thu Apr 02 08:43:39 +0000 2015|Ambulance progress 'not fast enough' http://bbc.in/1P1AJyX
583406140337164288|Wed Apr 01 23:10:37 +0000 2015|Children’s hospital builds sleep app http://bbc.in/1BO9jlZ
I'm using the read.table function as follows:
bbchealth <- read.table(file=".../bbchealth.txt",
sep="|",
header = F,
quote="",
fill=F,
stringsAsFactors = F,
numerals ="no.loss",
col.names = c("TweetId", "Date and Time", "Tweet"))
When I read the file, I see this:
583550348352212992 Thu Apr 02 08:43:39 +0000 2015 Ambulance progress 'not fast enough' http://bbc.in/1P1AJyX
583406140337164288 Wed Apr 01 23:10:37 +0000 2015 Children’s hospital builds sleep app http://bbc.in/1BO
As you can see, the apostrophe in "Children’s" has been changed to ’.
This is the case wherever the apostrophe appears (even in the inverted form).
574407194961039360|Sun Mar 08 03:12:01 +0000 2015|Frankie the dog ‘sniffs out cancer’ http://bbc.in/1COjVHM
is read as
574407194961039360 Sun Mar 08 03:12:01 +0000 2015 Frankie the dog ‘sniffs out cancer’ http://bbc.in/1COjVHM
Here, ‘ is converted into ‘ and ’ into ’.
How can I ensure that these symbols are read as they are.
r
asked Nov 14 '18 at 19:41
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I am trying to read data from a text file that contains data in the following format:
583550348352212992|Thu Apr 02 08:43:39 +0000 2015|Ambulance progress 'not fast enough' http://bbc.in/1P1AJyX
583406140337164288|Wed Apr 01 23:10:37 +0000 2015|Children’s hospital builds sleep app http://bbc.in/1BO9jlZ
I'm using the read.table function as follows:
bbchealth <- read.table(file=".../bbchealth.txt",
sep="|",
header = F,
quote="",
fill=F,
stringsAsFactors = F,
numerals ="no.loss",
col.names = c("TweetId", "Date and Time", "Tweet"))
When I read the file, I see this:
583550348352212992 Thu Apr 02 08:43:39 +0000 2015 Ambulance progress 'not fast enough' http://bbc.in/1P1AJyX
583406140337164288 Wed Apr 01 23:10:37 +0000 2015 Children’s hospital builds sleep app http://bbc.in/1BO
As you can see, the apostrophe in "Children’s" has been changed to ’.
This is the case wherever the apostrophe appears (even in the inverted form).
574407194961039360|Sun Mar 08 03:12:01 +0000 2015|Frankie the dog ‘sniffs out cancer’ http://bbc.in/1COjVHM
is read as
574407194961039360 Sun Mar 08 03:12:01 +0000 2015 Frankie the dog ‘sniffs out cancer’ http://bbc.in/1COjVHM
Here, ‘ is converted into ‘ and ’ into ’.
How can I ensure that these symbols are read as they are.
r
asked Nov 14 '18 at 19:41
AnonymouseAnonymouse
527
add a comment |
I am trying to read data from a text file that contains data in the following format:
583550348352212992|Thu Apr 02 08:43:39 +0000 2015|Ambulance progress 'not fast enough' http://bbc.in/1P1AJyX
583406140337164288|Wed Apr 01 23:10:37 +0000 2015|Children’s hospital builds sleep app http://bbc.in/1BO9jlZ
I'm using the read.table function as follows:
bbchealth <- read.table(file=".../bbchealth.txt",
sep="|",
header = F,
quote="",
fill=F,
stringsAsFactors = F,
numerals ="no.loss",
col.names = c("TweetId", "Date and Time", "Tweet"))
When I read the file, I see this:
583550348352212992 Thu Apr 02 08:43:39 +0000 2015 Ambulance progress 'not fast enough' http://bbc.in/1P1AJyX
583406140337164288 Wed Apr 01 23:10:37 +0000 2015 Children’s hospital builds sleep app http://bbc.in/1BO
As you can see, the apostrophe in "Children’s" has been changed to ’.
This is the case wherever the apostrophe appears (even in the inverted form).
574407194961039360|Sun Mar 08 03:12:01 +0000 2015|Frankie the dog ‘sniffs out cancer’ http://bbc.in/1COjVHM
is read as
574407194961039360 Sun Mar 08 03:12:01 +0000 2015 Frankie the dog ‘sniffs out cancer’ http://bbc.in/1COjVHM
Here, ‘ is converted into ‘ and ’ into ’.
How can I ensure that these symbols are read as they are.
r
asked Nov 14 '18 at 19:41
AnonymouseAnonymouse
527
I am trying to read data from a text file that contains data in the following format:
583550348352212992|Thu Apr 02 08:43:39 +0000 2015|Ambulance progress 'not fast enough' http://bbc.in/1P1AJyX
583406140337164288|Wed Apr 01 23:10:37 +0000 2015|Children’s hospital builds sleep app http://bbc.in/1BO9jlZ
I'm using the read.table function as follows:
bbchealth <- read.table(file=".../bbchealth.txt",
sep="|",
header = F,
quote="",
fill=F,
stringsAsFactors = F,
numerals ="no.loss",
col.names = c("TweetId", "Date and Time", "Tweet"))
When I read the file, I see this:
583550348352212992 Thu Apr 02 08:43:39 +0000 2015 Ambulance progress 'not fast enough' http://bbc.in/1P1AJyX
583406140337164288 Wed Apr 01 23:10:37 +0000 2015 Children’s hospital builds sleep app http://bbc.in/1BO
As you can see, the apostrophe in "Children’s" has been changed to ’.
This is the case wherever the apostrophe appears (even in the inverted form).
574407194961039360|Sun Mar 08 03:12:01 +0000 2015|Frankie the dog ‘sniffs out cancer’ http://bbc.in/1COjVHM
is read as
574407194961039360 Sun Mar 08 03:12:01 +0000 2015 Frankie the dog ‘sniffs out cancer’ http://bbc.in/1COjVHM
Here, ‘ is converted into ‘ and ’ into ’.
How can I ensure that these symbols are read as they are.
r
r
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asked Nov 14 '18 at 19:41
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Try encoding="UTF-8" parameter in read.table().
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Try encoding="UTF-8" parameter in read.table().
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Try encoding="UTF-8" parameter in read.table().
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Try encoding="UTF-8" parameter in read.table().
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Try encoding="UTF-8" parameter in read.table().
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