fixEncoding: Fix Encoding Problems
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fixEncoding

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Fix Encoding Problems

Description

Simple function to replace typical encoding problems when importing text with accents or special characters which is not in UTF-8 (i.e. latin1 encoding).

Usage

fixEncoding(x, encoding = NULL)

Arguments

`x`	a vector with characters to be replaced
`encoding`	a character containing the encoding used to mark the output vector

Details

The function makes no encoding guessing. It just directly replaces common enconding problems from text in latin1 to UTF-8 characters. So, make sure that this replacement makes sure to your data.

Value

the input vector with the encoding problems replaced

Author(s)

Renato A. F. de Lima

Examples

  nomes <- c("JosÃ©", "GonÃ§alves", "MÃ¼ller", "LondoÃ±o")

## Not run: 
  fixEncoding(nomes)
  fixEncoding(nomes, encoding = "UTF-8")
  fixEncoding(nomes, encoding = "latin1")


## End(Not run)

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