title: Character encoding in R
body: <p>I am trying to read a <code>csv</code> file generated by Sql Server Management Studio and encoded as <code>UTF-8</code>  (I chose that option when saving it) into <code>R</code> version 3.0.1 (x64) through <code>read.csv2()</code>. I can't get R to display special characters correctly.</p>
  <p>If I set <code>fileEncoding=&quot;UTF-8-BOM&quot;</code> the import stops at the line where I have a ÿ. However, when opening the file in <code>Notepad++</code> the ÿ is displayed correctly with <code>UTF-8</code> encoding. I have tried without setting <code>fileEncoding</code>, but then the special characters aren't displayed correctly (of course).</p>
  <p>The csv flie is available here:
  <a href="https://www.dropbox.com/s/7y47i826ikq8ahi/Data.csv" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://www.dropbox.com/s/7y47i826ikq8ahi/Data.csv</a></p>
  <p>How do I read the csv file and display the text in the right encoding?</p>
  <p>Thanks!!</p>