Import csv file into R data frame with UTF-8 encoding

Question

I'm trying to import a csv file with a data frame:

pc2020 <- read.table("pc2020.csv", sep = ";", header = TRUE) 

This works ok, but the enconding is wrong, thus, I get all messed up accentuated characters.

So, I'm trying with:

pc2020 <- read.table("pc2020.csv", sep = ";", header = TRUE, fileEncoding = "UTF-8") 

That returns:

Error in read.table("pc2020.csv", sep = ";", header = TRUE, fileEncoding = "UTF-8") : 
  no lines available in input
In addition: Warning message:
In read.table("pc2020.csv", sep = ";", header = TRUE, fileEncoding = "UTF-8") :
  invalid input found on input connection 'pc2020.csv'

Answer 1

You can use read.csv() function with the same attributes you used with read.table . Except fileEncoding - in read.csv() you should write just encoding = "UTF-8" .

Also Duck's answer is suitable, too.