Error in scan(file = file, what = what, sep = sep, quote = quote, dec = dec, : scan() expected 'a logical', got '3'

Question

hello,

I want to read a data record into R. I downloaded the script and the data set and got the following error message:
Error in scan(file = file, what = what, sep = sep, quote = quote, dec = dec, : scan() expected 'a logical', got '3'

What should i do?
look for your help!

Answer 1

This may be an issue with the file encoding that R uses for the import script.

First thing you may want to try is opening the script as UTF-8.

Second thing: The API import (that actually downloads the script from the server, and the script then tells R to download the data from the server) also often circumvents the issue: Click the button to enable the API download, then copy the one-liner into R/RStudio, then run the line.

Comments

I tried... that shows the same errot.

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Which of the both options did you try?

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both, but didn't work

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The only thing I can offer, then, is taking a look at the data personally. If you would like me to download the data an look for the reason of the problem, please tell me the name of the survey. I can create an administrator login für the survey project then.

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I'd love to. The name is "Online food delivery services as a new form of distribution due to COVID-19 (OFDS)".
URL: https://www.soscisurvey.de/OFDS/

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hello,the problem has been solved. Thank you for your help.

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Ahhm ... I did not do anything ... did not yet find the time. But if it's working now, that's great :)

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hhhh, I know. Somebody told me how to do, but also thank you.

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Would you mind telling us the solution as well? Might well be that someone else steps over the same issue...

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"One of the columns that have been specified to be logical contains a 3. Try removing the colClasses= argument. Another thing to try is fread from data.table using no other arguments "  I removed the colClasses and worked:)

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Interesting ... possibly a relict from a time when the question had a different question time. Good to know anyway, thank you!