It works for me, on Windows with that version of foreign. I also tried
under Linux with valgrind, and nothing untoward was reported. The
warnings are
Warning messages:
1: In read.spss("mySPSSfile.sav") :
mySPSSfile.sav: File-indicated character representation code (1252)
looks like a Windows codepage
2: In read.spss("mySPSSfile.sav") :
mySPSSfile.sav: Unrecognized record type 7, subtype 18 encountered in
system file
The first is innocuous for you (given your locale), and the second
indicated that there is info that we don't know about (SPSS 16.x is not
common).
On Tue, 29 Jul 2008, Chuck Cleland wrote:
Hi All:
I have a seemingly typical SPSS data file with 219 rows and 486 variables.
When I attempt to read this file into R with read.spss() in the foreign
package, I consistently get a "crash". This is the sequence of events:
library(foreign)
sessionInfo()
R version 2.7.1 Patched (2008-07-24 r46120)
i386-pc-mingw32
locale:
LC_COLLATE=English_United States.1252;LC_CTYPE=English_United
States.1252;LC_MONETARY=English_United
States.1252;LC_NUMERIC=C;LC_TIME=English_United States.1252
attached base packages:
[1] stats graphics grDevices utils datasets methods base
other attached packages:
[1] foreign_0.8-27
read.spss("c:/chuck/mySPSSfile.sav")
"R for Windows GUI front-end has encountered a problem and needs to close.
We are sorry for the inconvenience."
It get a similar result trying to load the file under Rterm.exe. The file
opens without any trouble in SPSS version 16.0.2 (April 10, 2008). For
anyone willing to investigate, I placed a copy of the SPSS file here:
http://www.chuckcleland.net/mySPSSfile.sav
I would be grateful if someone could help to figure out why this file
causes a problem.
thanks,
Chuck
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