Issue with new version of spss.system.file

[sciabolazza]

Issue with new version of spss.system.file

[melff]

The current version on CRAN is 0.99.25.6 and the current version on GitHub is 0.99.26.3. Does the error occur with these versions as well? If yes, can you send me an example file? I am continuously using memisc with "real world" SPSS files and such an error has not occurred to me yet.

[sciabolazza]

Sorry my bad, I mistyped the number of package version.
So the answer to your question is yes, the error occurs when I use the current version on CRAN (0.99.25.6).

I have a problem with sending you an example file.
The file producing the error contains sensible data so I cannot send that. Also, I cannot open the file with SPSS and extract a sub-sample to send it to you because I don't have SPSS. The only thing I could do is to open it with R using the old version package (0.99.22) and send a sub-sample of the file with a .rda extension, but I don't think it would be in any way useful.

However, if you think the .rda file would work, or there is anything else that I can do on my part to help you with the problem please let me know.

[melff]

Never mind. I'll try to figure it out without an example file.

[melff]

Could you please check whether build 0.99.26.4 (attached) solves the problem?
memisc_0.99.26.4.zip

[sciabolazza]

No unfortunately it doesn't. But the error now is different. Specifically: Error in sprintf("Invalid or unsupported encoding information %d in file, using fallback", : invalid format '%d'; use format %s for character objects I have also updated all my packages, and using the last version of R, so it is not caused by obsolete packages in my computer

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On Thu, Sep 17, 2020 at 8:34 PM Martin Elff ***@***.***> wrote: Could you please check whether build 0.99.26.4 (attached) solves the problem? memisc_0.99.26.4.zip <https://github.com/melff/memisc/files/5241182/memisc_0.99.26.4.zip> — You are receiving this because you authored the thread. Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub <#49 (comment)>, or unsubscribe <https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/AD4JX73HHLWAENQTBITPOILSGJJBTANCNFSM4RQVBMZQ> .

[melff]

This is hopefully fixed with the latest commit. Could you please check with the attached build?
memisc_0.99.26.4.zip

[sciabolazza]

It works now! Though a warning is returned. I copy-paste it here in case you find it useful Invalid or unsupported encoding information 'WINDOWS-1256' in file, using fallback Converting character set to the local 'iso8859-1'. Nevertheless, the script now works as before. Thanks

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On Fri, Sep 18, 2020 at 1:10 PM Martin Elff ***@***.***> wrote: This is hopefully fixed with the latest commit. Could you please check with the attached build? memisc_0.99.26.4.zip <https://github.com/melff/memisc/files/5245015/memisc_0.99.26.4.zip> — You are receiving this because you authored the thread. Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub <#49 (comment)>, or unsubscribe <https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/AD4JX75JZWA4PENS22FVT5DSGM53LANCNFSM4RQVBMZQ> .

[melff]

Thanks for the report. Apparently 'WINDOWS-1256' is not included in the character vector returned by iconvlist() on your machine (it is on mine though). But it still may be a (difficult to spot) bug. What do you see if you enter "WINDOWS-1256" %in% iconvlist() into the R command line?

[sciabolazza]

'WINDOWS-1256' indeed is missing from my machine. The script you asked me to run returns "FALSE"

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On Fri, Sep 18, 2020 at 1:26 PM Martin Elff ***@***.***> wrote: Thanks for the report. Apparently 'WINDOWS-1256' is not included in the character vector returned by iconvlist() on your machine (it is on mine though). But it still may be a (difficult to spot) bug. What do you see if you enter "WINDOWS-1256" %in% iconvlist() into the R command line? — You are receiving this because you authored the thread. Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub <#49 (comment)>, or unsubscribe <https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/AD4JX76DQOIC6MOO2MRZUSLSGM7XDANCNFSM4RQVBMZQ> .