search for: 345rkan

...riginal file contains several columns that have special characters, such as \¨{a}, \¨{o}, and so on. After import such special characters are represented in the data frame by "\\345", "\\366" etc (don't ask me why). For example, a word "Hårkan" becomes ''H\\345rkan". Now my question is if it is possible to substitute those "H\\345rkan" by "Haarkan" or simply "Harkan" in R, ideally by finding those "\\345" and then replacing. Thanks in advance, Yingfu [[alternative HTML version deleted]]