Re: [R] SAS to R - if you don't have a SAS license

2007-12-28 Thread Frank E Harrell Jr
Wensui Liu wrote: while I move data between SAS and R all the time, personally I don't think your recommendation is very practical. Instead, I feel SAS transport file is much better than csv. Plus, the sas dataset created on unix can't be opened by sas viewer on windows. It is even undoable

Re: [R] SAS to R - if you don't have a SAS license

2007-12-28 Thread Marc Schwartz
On Fri, 2007-12-28 at 11:21 -0600, Frank E Harrell Jr wrote: Wensui Liu wrote: while I move data between SAS and R all the time, personally I don't think your recommendation is very practical. Instead, I feel SAS transport file is much better than csv. Plus, the sas dataset created on

Re: [R] SAS to R - if you don't have a SAS license

2007-12-28 Thread Frank E Harrell Jr
Marc Schwartz wrote: On Fri, 2007-12-28 at 11:21 -0600, Frank E Harrell Jr wrote: Wensui Liu wrote: while I move data between SAS and R all the time, personally I don't think your recommendation is very practical. Instead, I feel SAS transport file is much better than csv. Plus, the sas

[R] SAS to R - if you don't have a SAS license

2007-12-27 Thread Gyula Gulyas
Hi all, if you do not have a SAS license but want to convert native SAS data files, the solution below will work. # read SAS data without SAS # 1. Download free SAS System Viewer from either of the sites below: # http://www.sas.com/apps/demosdownloads/setupcat.jsp?cat=SAS+System+Viewer

Re: [R] SAS to R - if you don't have a SAS license

2007-12-27 Thread Wensui Liu
while I move data between SAS and R all the time, personally I don't think your recommendation is very practical. Instead, I feel SAS transport file is much better than csv. Plus, the sas dataset created on unix can't be opened by sas viewer on windows. It is even undoable if the dataset is