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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 Of EUROPOL Sent: 03 December 2007 16:51 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [R] Problem with scan() from UTF-8 encoded URL Hallo, I am trying to import a website and structure it from within R: The following code: data <- scan(file='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Recentchanges',what='cha racter') results in the error: Error in file(file, "r") : unable to open connection In addition: Warning message: cannot open: HTTP status was '403 Forbidden' in: file(file, "r") It seems that the error is connected to the UTF-8-format of wikipedia, since the following line works: data <- scan(file='http://www.google.de',what='character') I am looking forward to your answers. Greetings Marc Schwenzer ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org 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. ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org 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.
