Re: [R] Character entry mismatch in the console window

2008-05-05 Thread Prof Brian Ripley
So, you are on Windows (but didn't tell us). Those 'quotes' in your email are the so-called smart quotes -- only ASCII quotation marks are accepted by R. The change is that R 2.7.0 is actually reading what you pasted into the clipboard, not some converted version (as previous versions of R di

Re: [R] Character entry mismatch in the console window

2008-05-05 Thread jim holtman
Since you are using WORD, you will have to turn off the "smart quotes" since WORD is changing them as you type. You may just want to use something like TINN-R to store your scripts. On Mon, May 5, 2008 at 8:49 AM, Dennis Hansen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Dear R users, > > I have just de-install

[R] Character entry mismatch in the console window

2008-05-05 Thread Dennis Hansen
Dear R users, I have just de-installed my old R 2.4.1 and installed R 2.7.0. I downloaded this version from the South African mirror, as I am currently working in South Africa. When trying to paste any of my old analyses into the console (I keep them in word-documents), I get an error when I