Thank you. This was helpful. I'll try it. Daniel Wiegert
> On Nov 12, 2015, at 1:11 AM, Jim Lemon <drjimle...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi Daniel, > As David said, these problems are almost always due to fancy quotes. If you > want plain old ASCII 34 (double) or 39 (single) quotes, try using Notepad for > your editing rather than Word. > > Jim > > >> On Thu, Nov 12, 2015 at 5:02 PM, David Winsemius <dwinsem...@comcast.net> >> wrote: >> >> > On Nov 11, 2015, at 6:54 PM, Daniel Wiegert <dswieg...@gmail.com> wrote: >> > >> > Hello, I am trying to use a code which requires quotes around each of >> > about 1000 entries. When I did this >> >> The use of pronouns in place of code is a major cause of ambiguity. What was >> … “this”? >> >> >> > in Microsoft programs, R rejected every quote. >> >> Again. the phrase "R rejected” is completely ambiguous. Did you see an error >> message after you did <something>. If so, please offer up for examination >> both the <something> and the error message. >> >> >> > I converted the font to courier new size 10 true type (the R default). No >> > luck. I had to find a sample code and copy the quotes from that 2000 times >> > for R to accept them, or type them in manually in R. >> >> Word typically uses smart quotes rather than either the single-quote or >> double-quotes. You can change this behavior in Word by changing the >> preferences. But you really should not be using Word for either data entry >> or for code. >> >> > >> > Is there anyway to make this easier? What font in Word/Excel etc. does R >> > prefer and will function using quotes? Commas, letters, numbers, all work, >> > just the full double quotes won't work. >> >> As above. The “quotes” that Word uses are not shared by most codign >> platforms. >> >> > >> > Thank you, >> > >> > Daniel >> > ______________________________________________ >> > R-help@r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see >> > 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. >> >> David Winsemius >> Alameda, CA, USA >> >> ______________________________________________ >> R-help@r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see >> 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. > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see 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.
