Thanks, Duncan! I installed a hex viewer -- did not realize there was also one in R.
I found the documentation for the individual showNonASCII and showNonASCIIFile functions, but I could not find the usual package PDF. The tools package does not seem to be listed on cran in the alphabetical list of packages, though I did find an undated HTML version. Am I looking in the wrong place? Warmest regards, andrewH On Wed, Jan 29, 2014 at 3:53 AM, Duncan Murdoch <[email protected]>wrote: > On 14-01-28 11:43 PM, andrewH wrote:> Hi Folks! > > > I have been writing a small set of utilities for dealing with files that > are > > hard to open correctly for one reason or another, especially because they > > are too big for memory, non-rectangular, or contain odd characters or > > unexpected codings, or all of these things together. Today it suddenly > hit > > me that this has probably been done, done better, and upgraded to package > > form a dozen times already. There were pointers to a couple functions > useful > > in this regard in the Core Import/Export document. But my effort to > come up > > with search terms that were productive of such packages was unsuccessful. > > > > I would be grateful if someone would point me toward such a package or > > packages if they exist. > > > > The hexView package is useful for figuring out what's there after you have > trouble reading something, or figuring out how to read an unknown file type. > > The showNonASCII and showNonASCIIFile functions in the tools package are > also helpful. > > I don't know of other examples. > > Duncan Murdoch > > -- J. Andrew Hoerner Director, Sustainable Economics Program Redefining Progress (510) 507-4820 [[alternative HTML version deleted]] ______________________________________________ [email protected] 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.
