rpy predates R's support for UTF-8, and I'd think that you are mostly on your own.
Note that rpy2 has UTF-8 support. Best, L. On 2012-03-05 14:41, Marko Limbek wrote: > Hi! > > I turned to list once already with this question, but I haven't > received any answer. I would be glad to solve that. > Probably it's just a small problem with Unicode, however I don't know > the answer. > I use RPy and read the spss database with method read.spss inside a > nested R code in Python, that looks like that: > > > > # -*- coding: utf-8 -*- > # coding=<utf-8> > #!/E:/Python > > import rpy > from rpy import r > > r(""" > > library(foreign) > > baza<- read.spss(""" + analysis[0] + """) > > print(baza$demo_izob0) > > """) > > > Now when my text data labels in spss have slavic characters, they are > not recognised and output is something like that: > > stiriletna srednja �ola > nedokon�ana osnovna �ola > > > Is there any idea what I should do here? > The same code in pure R environment gives me > > stiriletna srednja šola > nedokončana osnovna šola > > > In Python code slavic characters work just fine in the code with upper > encoding. > > Many thanks for any hint! > > > Marko > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Try before you buy = See our experts in action! > The most comprehensive online learning library for Microsoft developers > is just $99.99! Visual Studio, SharePoint, SQL - plus HTML5, CSS3, MVC3, > Metro Style Apps, more. Free future releases when you subscribe now! > http://p.sf.net/sfu/learndevnow-dev2 > _______________________________________________ > rpy-list mailing list > rpy-list@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/rpy-list ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Try before you buy = See our experts in action! The most comprehensive online learning library for Microsoft developers is just $99.99! Visual Studio, SharePoint, SQL - plus HTML5, CSS3, MVC3, Metro Style Apps, more. Free future releases when you subscribe now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/learndevnow-dev2 _______________________________________________ rpy-list mailing list rpy-list@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/rpy-list