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convert_from_utf8.R
# Convert UTF-8 characters to other encodings:
## A special character (e.g., in an Excel file)
## might mess up later steps, so we may want to
## use Unicode or ASCII encodings.
## Example:
### ≥ depicted as ">=" or "U+2265"
my_string <- "Check whether x ≥ 4"
my_string |>
iconv(to = "ASCII//TRANSLIT")
# [1] "Check whether x >= 4"
my_string |>
iconv(to = "ASCII",
sub = "Unicode")
# [1] "Check whether x <U+2265> 4"
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