Re: [R] Problem with scan() from UTF-8 encoded URL

, Thank you for trying. Strange. I am using R version 2.6.0 Patched (2007-11-09 r43408) on OSX and it is not working. I guess it has something to do with the language settings. However. Regards Marc Schwenzer john seers (IFR) wrote: > > > Hello > > Works fine for me: > > >> data >>

Re: [R] Problem with scan() from UTF-8 encoded URL

Hello Works fine for me: > data <-scan(file='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Recentchanges',what='c haracter') Read 3581 items > So I don't think it is the Wikipedia end. Regards John Seers --- -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf