> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:r-help- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Hamilton, Cody > Sent: Wednesday, July 05, 2006 11:18 AM > To: Uwe Ligges > Cc: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [R] Invoking SAS in order to use sas.get > > > Thanks for your response. I specified the path to the SAS executable > 'C:/Program Files/.../sas.exe', using the sasprog option in sas.get() > and got a similar error message: C:/Program is not recognized as an > internal or external command. I would like to apologize in advance if I > am making a very foolish mistake here . . . > > -----Original Message----- > From: Uwe Ligges [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, July 05, 2006 13:7 PM > To: Hamilton, Cody > Cc: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [R] Invoking SAS in order to use sas.get > > Hamilton, Cody wrote: > > Sas.get is a function available from the Hmisc library. I am using > > Windows (sorry for not mentioning that). > > > Same as mentioned in my former mail also applies for sas.get() in Hmisc. > > Uwe Ligges > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Uwe Ligges [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > Sent: Wednesday, July 05, 2006 12:35 PM > > To: Hamilton, Cody > > Cc: [email protected] > > Subject: Re: [R] Invoking SAS in order to use sas.get > > > > Hamilton, Cody wrote: > >> I am trying to use the sas.get function to bring a SAS dataset into > R. > >> After calling the sas.get function I got an error message stating > that > >> 'sas' is not a recognized internal or external command, etc. I am > >> guessing that I need to specify the internal command to invoke SAS in > >> the sasprog option for the sas.get function, but I don't know how to > >> determine what that command might be. Any thoughts would be > >> appreciated. > >> > > > > > > What is sas.get()? > > If you are talking about read.ssd() in package "foreign", you have to > > > > specify the path to the sas executable. If you are on Windows (your > mail > > > > header suggests, but you have not told it), this might begin with > > > > "c:/Program files/........." unless you have sas in your PATH already. > > > > Uwe Ligges > > > > > > > > > >> Cody Hamilton, Ph.D > >> > > > >> Institute for Health Care Research and Improvement > >> > > > >> Baylor Health Care System > >> > > > >> (214) 265-3618 > >> > > > > > > > > > > > >> This e-mail, facsimile, or letter and any files or attachments > > transmitted with it contains information that is confidential and > > privileged. This information is intended only for the use of the > > individual(s) and entity(ies) to whom it is addressed. If you are the > > intended recipient, further disclosures are prohibited without proper > > authorization. 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Because your path has a space in it, i.e. "c:\Program Files\...", Windows requires quotes around the path\filename. So, you need to include double-quotes as part of your path specification. Some thing like: '"C:/Program Files/.../sas.exe"' Hope this helps, Dan Daniel J. Nordlund Research and Data Analysis Washington State Department of Social and Health Services Olympia, WA 98504-5204 ______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide! http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html
