[R] read.xport: Writing and reading dataframe to disk directly

2006-09-26 Thread Anupam Tyagi
Hi All, is there a way of directly writing to disk file, the dataframe or list of dataframes that result from read.xport function. This function converts SAS export files to R dataframes. I would like to convert a SAS transport file to R, but the resulting R dataframes do not fit in the memory of

[R] read.xport issues

2006-07-06 Thread Anne P Shelton
We are trying to read a sas export file into R. (Works fine on Mac by ftping the export file from solaris box and then importing to R with read.xport, this gives rational numbers etc.) Trying to do this on an IBM Power p655 running linux, reading the same sas export file as used on MAC, in

[R] read.xport

2005-07-14 Thread Nelson, Gary (FWE)
I am trying to import data from a SAS XPORT file that contains 24 SAS files. When I use the read.xport procedure only about 16 data frames (components) are created. Any suggestions? * Gary A. Nelson, Ph.D

Re: [R] read.xport

2005-07-14 Thread bogdan romocea
, 2005 10:31 AM To: r-help@stat.math.ethz.ch Subject: [R] read.xport I am trying to import data from a SAS XPORT file that contains 24 SAS files. When I use the read.xport procedure only about 16 data frames (components) are created. Any suggestions

Re: [R] read.xport

2005-07-14 Thread Frank E Harrell Jr
was given). In case it's not, you may want to look at the sasxport.get function in the Hmisc package. Frank -Original Message- From: Nelson, Gary (FWE) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, July 14, 2005 10:31 AM To: r-help@stat.math.ethz.ch Subject: [R] read.xport I am trying

Re: [R] read.xport

2005-07-14 Thread Nelson, Gary \(FWE\)
AM To: bogdan romocea Cc: Nelson, Gary (FWE); R-help@stat.math.ethz.ch Subject: Re: [R] read.xport bogdan romocea wrote: How about avoiding SAS XPORT altogether and exporting everything in the simple, clean, non-proprietary, extremely reliable, platform-independent ... etc text format (CSV

Re: [R] read.xport

2005-07-14 Thread Prof Brian Ripley
On Thu, 14 Jul 2005, Nelson, Gary (FWE) wrote: I have the latest version of foreign, but it still doesn't work. I Are you sure: a new version was released a few hours ago? It may not answer your question, but please do give actual version numbers (as the posting guide asks). -- Brian D.

Re: [R] read.xport

2005-07-14 Thread Frank E Harrell Jr
with sasxport.get that reads csv files. The help file has a URL with a full howto. Frank Thanks. -Original Message- From: Frank E Harrell Jr [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, July 14, 2005 11:46 AM To: bogdan romocea Cc: Nelson, Gary (FWE); R-help@stat.math.ethz.ch Subject: Re: [R

Re: [R] read.xport

2005-07-14 Thread Nelson, Gary (FWE)
, Gary (FWE) Cc: r-help@stat.math.ethz.ch Subject: Re: [R] read.xport On Thu, 14 Jul 2005, Nelson, Gary (FWE) wrote: I have the latest version of foreign, but it still doesn't work. I Are you sure: a new version was released a few hours ago? It may not answer your question, but please do give

Re: [R] read.xport

2005-07-14 Thread Peter Dalgaard
PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, July 14, 2005 10:31 AM To: r-help@stat.math.ethz.ch Subject: [R] read.xport I am trying to import data from a SAS XPORT file that contains 24 SAS files. When I use the read.xport procedure only about 16 data frames (components) are created. Any suggestions

Re: [R] read.xport

2005-07-14 Thread Peter Dalgaard
Peter Dalgaard [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Frank E Harrell Jr [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Nelson, Gary (FWE) wrote: I have the latest version of foreign, but it still doesn't work. I quickly tried the Hmisc package, but the same issue arose. I will delve into the Hmisc package