Peter Dalgaard wrote:
>
> Yes, something in the logic appears to have gotten garbled.
>
> It's in this part of read,spss:
>
> if (is.character(reencode)) {
> cp <- reencode
> reencode <- TRUE
> }
> else if (codepage <= 500 || codepage >= 2000) {
> attr(rval, "codepage") <- NULL
> reencode <- FALSE
> }
> else if (m <- match(cp, knownCP, 0L))
> cp <- names(knownCP)[m]
>
> if you get to the 2nd "else if" then cp is unset. Possible the attempted
> match should be of codepage? But it still looks wrong: Why restrict to
> codepages between 500 and 2000 when knownCP contains several values
> above 10000???
>
> A workaround is to set reencode="ascii" (or whatever is relevant).
>
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Dear Peter,
thanks, reencode="ascii" fixed it (and leaves just the warning message,
which seems to have no effect).
Best,
Harry
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