I'm trying to read a data file that contains characters from the Spanish language:
> Station <- read.fwf("LosDatos.txt",widths=c(7,7,25,8,8,5),header=FALSE, + skip=3,n=separ[1]-4) Then the R interpreter issues the following message: Error en substring(x, first, last) : invalid multibyte string at '<d1>A, S.' Calls: read.fwf -> cat -> sapply -> lapply -> FUN -> substring I know that the message is because there is a "Ñ" before the text "A, S.". Is there a way to tell R that the text file is UTF-8 encoded? Thanks, --Sergio. ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.