utf8

utf8 is an R package for manipulating and printing UTF-8 text that fixes multiple bugs in R’s UTF-8 handling.

Installation

Stable version

utf8 is available on CRAN. To install the latest released version, run the following command in R:

Development version

To install the latest development version, run the following:

Usage

Validate character data and convert to UTF-8

Use as_utf8() to validate input text and convert to UTF-8 encoding. The function alerts you if the input text has the wrong declared encoding:

Normalize data

Use utf8_normalize() to convert to Unicode composed normal form (NFC). Optionally apply compatibility maps for NFKC normal form or case-fold.