Davia Cox <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hello, > I am having trouble reading an spss file into R. I have reset my > working directory to the folder where this file is stored. This is > what I've typed into R and the error message I received: > > + getwd() > [1] "/Users/daviacox/Graduate School/PLS 801" > > read.spss("norwil.spss") > Error in read.spss("norwil.spss") : error reading portable-file > dictionary > In addition: Warning message: > Expected variable count record > > Please help, I don't have SPSS on my computer (I am re-analyzing some > data for a statistics project) so I can't alter the file that way. > > Thanks again for your help.
Hmm, what kind of file is this? SPSS data files are generally called .sav or .por. I wonder if you've got a "syntax file" on your hand, i.e. a file containing program code. Is it readable as a text file? > Davia > > Davia S. Cox > Global Urban Studies Program > Graduate Assistant/Doctoral Student > 305 Berkey Hall > East Lansing, MI 48825 > 517-353-5987 Office > 517-353-6680 Fax > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > "One of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics is that > you > end up being governed by your inferiors." > -Plato > > ______________________________________________ > 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 > -- O__ ---- Peter Dalgaard Ă˜ster Farimagsgade 5, Entr.B c/ /'_ --- Dept. of Biostatistics PO Box 2099, 1014 Cph. K (*) \(*) -- University of Copenhagen Denmark Ph: (+45) 35327918 ~~~~~~~~~~ - ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) FAX: (+45) 35327907 ______________________________________________ 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