>>>>> "Heinz" == Heinz Tuechler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>>>> on Fri, 09 Sep 2005 01:58:29 +0200 writes:
Heinz> Dear All, Heinz> it seems to me that the function read.spss of package Heinz> foreign changed its behaviour regarding factors. I Heinz> noted that in version 0.8-8 variables with value Heinz> labels in SPSS were transformed in factors with the Heinz> labels in alphabetic order. Heinz> In version 0.8-10 they seem to be ordered preserving Heinz> the order corresponding to their numerical codes in Heinz> SPSS. However I could not find a description of this Heinz> supposed change. Since the different behaviour seems Heinz> to depend on the installed version of the Heinz> foreign-package I don't know how to give a Heinz> reproducible example. It also affects spss.get of Heinz> the Hmisc-package, which is not surprising. Heinz> I prefer the new behaviour and would like to know, if Heinz> it will persist in future versions. Yes, it was on purpose. Note that the development of "foreign" is also on svn.R-project.org, and you can easily get at its 'ChangeLog' : https://svn.R-project.org/R-packages/trunk/foreign/ChangeLog where you find the relevant entry at 2005-08-15 . Regards, Martin Maechler ______________________________________________ R-help@stat.math.ethz.ch mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide! http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html