On Thu, 13 Feb 2003 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On Thu, Feb 13, 2003 at 12:36:51PM +0100, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> > I am running R under Windows 2000. > > > > I am looking for a routine for importing > > > > - shape files (ESRI) into R > > > > - dbase files (FOXPRO) into R > > I assume that as you say dbase (Foxpro) you mean Foxpro version < 3.0, > e.g. 2.x. I don't know of a way of opening dbase/foxpro files from > within R (I think I saw once that RODBC can connect with dbase files, > and if it does I'm sure you'll hear from someone else who knows more > about it than me). It does read dBase files, easily, including the column (aka field) names. Also for FoxPro files. You don't need either program installed. -- Brian D. Ripley, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Professor of Applied Statistics, http://www.stats.ox.ac.uk/~ripley/ University of Oxford, Tel: +44 1865 272861 (self) 1 South Parks Road, +44 1865 272866 (PA) Oxford OX1 3TG, UK Fax: +44 1865 272595 ______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://www.stat.math.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help
