Try this:
gsub("\\\\345", "a", "H\\345rkan")
But see:
cat("H\345rkan\n")
On Fri, Aug 15, 2008 at 6:54 AM, Yingfu Xie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hello all,
>
> I have a data frame in R, imported from an excel file in Swedish. The
> original file contains several columns that have special characters, such as
> \¨{a}, \¨{o}, and so on. After import such special characters are represented
> in the data frame by "\\345", "\\366" etc (don't ask me why). For example, a
> word "Hårkan" becomes ''H\\345rkan".
>
> Now my question is if it is possible to substitute those "H\\345rkan" by
> "Haarkan" or simply "Harkan" in R, ideally by finding those "\\345" and then
> replacing.
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Yingfu
>
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