Try using an ampersand instead of the dot in front of the text variable.
R:Base will interpret the text as typing so to speak. I tested in 7.6
and 9.1 (64)
SET VAR vDateText TEXT = '2/28/2012'
SET VAR vDate DATE = &vDateText
Albert
On 17/03/2012 10:37 PM, Michael J. Sinclair wrote:
The reason I am asking is because when I run the first method within
an EEP, I am getting an error (Invalid data type)
Running the same code from an R> works fine.
Running the second method works fine, but as I recall, retyping
variables is considered a less than ideal practice.
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