WG: Reading Russian Text

[Mario Giesel]

Hello all,

 

I've got some difficulties to read Russian text from an Excel file into SPSS.

All I get ist

 

p_0001    q05

ua4c4bb5 ?? ?????? ????????? ?????????? ?????????????, ...

u229c9ac ???????? ????? ?????????? ???????

 

Any ideas what's going on?

 

Thanks a lot,

Mario

[Peck, Jon]

Very likely, your SPSS locale is set to one that does not support Russian characters.  The question marks mean that the characters read could not be converted to your current SPSS character set.

 

If you have SPSS version 16 or 17, the simplest solution is to set Unicode mode on.  SET UNICODE=ON or do the equivalent in the Edit>Options>General tab.

 

For older versions, or as an alternative, set your SPSS locale to Russian.  SET LOCALE=RUSSIAN.  In versions prior to 16, you might also have to change your font settings.

 

Do this before reading the Excel file.

 

 

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From: SPSSX(r) Discussion [mailto:[hidden email]] On Behalf Of Mario Giesel
Sent: Thursday, February 12, 2009 4:10 AM
To: [hidden email]
Subject: [SPSSX-L] WG: Reading Russian Text

 

Hello all,

 

I've got some difficulties to read Russian text from an Excel file into SPSS.

All I get ist

 

p_0001    q05

ua4c4bb5 ?? ?????? ????????? ?????????? ?????????????, ...

u229c9ac ???????? ????? ?????????? ???????

 

Any ideas what's going on?

 

Thanks a lot,

Mario

 

 

[Mario Giesel]

John it worked!!

 

Thanks a lot,

Mario

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Von: "Peck, Jon" <[hidden email]>
An: Mario Giesel <[hidden email]>; [hidden email]
Gesendet: Donnerstag, den 12. Februar 2009, 14:59:50 Uhr
Betreff: RE: [SPSSX-L] WG: Reading Russian Text

Very likely, your SPSS locale is set to one that does not support Russian characters.  The question marks mean that the characters read could not be converted to your current SPSS character set.

 

If you have SPSS version 16 or 17, the simplest solution is to set Unicode mode on.  SET UNICODE=ON or do the equivalent in the Edit>Options>General tab.

 

For older versions, or as an alternative, set your SPSS locale to Russian.  SET LOCALE=RUSSIAN.  In versions prior to 16, you might also have to change your font settings.

 

Do this before reading the Excel file.

 

 

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From: SPSSX(r) Discussion [mailto:[hidden email]] On Behalf Of Mario Giesel
Sent: Thursday, February 12, 2009 4:10 AM
To: [hidden email]
Subject: [SPSSX-L] WG: Reading Russian Text

 

Hello all,

 

I've got some difficulties to read Russian text from an Excel file into SPSS.

All I get ist

 

p_0001    q05

ua4c4bb5 ?? ?????? ????????? ?????????? ?????????????, ...

u229c9ac ???????? ????? ?????????? ???????

 

Any ideas what's going on?

 

Thanks a lot,

Mario