Re: [R] Now another question regarding the Foreign package

2006-05-11 Thread Peter Dalgaard 
"David Kaplan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

> I didn't use the library(foreign).  Thanks, I'll give that a go.

> bw2 <- read.spss("c:\birthwt.sav")
> Error: couldn't find function "read.spss"

Did anyone comment on the "\b" bit? (Executive summary: you need to
double the \)

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Re: [R] Now another question regarding the Foreign package

2006-05-11 Thread David Kaplan 
I didn't use the library(foreign).  Thanks, I'll give that a go.

David


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  From: Philip He 
  To: David Kaplan 
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  Subject: Re: [R] Now another question regarding the Foreign package


  Use library(foreign), not capital letter F. 

  You may try spss.get function in Hmisc package. 

  Philip He
  Vanderbilt University


  On 5/11/06, David Kaplan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Hi,

Because I'm new to R and trying to move off of SPSS, I have another 
question.  I downloaded the "Foreign" package which I understand reads in 
various datasets from programs such as SPSS and SAS.  There isn't much 
documentation that I can find regarding the specifics of this in the online 
docs, but I assume that it is like read.table.  So, here is what I wrote and 
here is what I got.

bw2 <- read.spss("c:\birthwt.sav")
Error: couldn't find function "read.spss"

Any thoughts?

Thanks again for your help.

David


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Re: [R] Now another question regarding the Foreign package

2006-05-11 Thread Francisco J. Zagmutt 
Dear David

I suspect you downloaded 'foreign' but you didn't load it to your workspace. 
  To do that you have to use library(foreign).  Then you can have access to 
the functions in that package.
In addition to the manuals that come with R (Help->Manuals (in pdf)) there 
is a wealth of reading material available on the R homepage under 
'Documentation'.  A good starting point is to buy one of the books 
recommended in the books section.

I hope this helps

Francisco


>From: "David Kaplan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To: 
>Subject: [R] Now another question regarding the Foreign package
>Date: Thu, 11 May 2006 15:42:34 -0400
>
>Hi,
>
>Because I'm new to R and trying to move off of SPSS, I have another 
>question.  I downloaded the "Foreign" package which I understand reads in 
>various datasets from programs such as SPSS and SAS.  There isn't much 
>documentation that I can find regarding the specifics of this in the online 
>docs, but I assume that it is like read.table.  So, here is what I wrote 
>and here is what I got.
>
>  bw2 <- read.spss("c:\birthwt.sav")
>Error: couldn't find function "read.spss"
>
>Any thoughts?
>
>Thanks again for your help.
>
>David
>
>
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Re: [R] Now another question regarding the Foreign package

2006-05-11 Thread Philip He 
Use library(foreign), not capital letter F.

You may try spss.get function in Hmisc package.

Philip He
Vanderbilt University

On 5/11/06, David Kaplan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> Because I'm new to R and trying to move off of SPSS, I have another
> question.  I downloaded the "Foreign" package which I understand reads in
> various datasets from programs such as SPSS and SAS.  There isn't much
> documentation that I can find regarding the specifics of this in the online
> docs, but I assume that it is like read.table.  So, here is what I wrote
> and here is what I got.
>
> bw2 <- read.spss("c:\birthwt.sav")
> Error: couldn't find function "read.spss"
>
> Any thoughts?
>
> Thanks again for your help.
>
> David
>
>
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Re: [R] Now another question regarding the Foreign package

2006-05-11 Thread Jonathan Baron 
On 05/11/06 15:42, David Kaplan wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Because I'm new to R and trying to move off of SPSS, I have another question. 
>  I
> downloaded the "Foreign" package which I understand reads in various datasets 
> from
> programs such as SPSS and SAS.  There isn't much documentation that I can find
> regarding the specifics of this in the online docs, but I assume that it is 
> like

Look in the help files for the package.

> read.table.  So, here is what I wrote and here is what I got.
> 
>  bw2 <- read.spss("c:\birthwt.sav")
> Error: couldn't find function "read.spss"
> 
> Any thoughts?

You need to install the package, not just download it.

Then you need to load it into your R session:
library("foreign")

Did you do that?

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[R] Now another question regarding the Foreign package

2006-05-11 Thread David Kaplan 
Hi,

Because I'm new to R and trying to move off of SPSS, I have another question.  
I downloaded the "Foreign" package which I understand reads in various datasets 
from programs such as SPSS and SAS.  There isn't much documentation that I can 
find regarding the specifics of this in the online docs, but I assume that it 
is like read.table.  So, here is what I wrote and here is what I got.

 bw2 <- read.spss("c:\birthwt.sav")
Error: couldn't find function "read.spss"

Any thoughts?

Thanks again for your help.

David


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