[R] SAS and R

[Frank E Harrell Jr]

Try the sas.get function in the Hmisc library.  Hmisc is available for Linux/Unix/MacOSX and will soon be updated for Windows.
http://hesweb1.med.virginia.edu/biostat/s/Hmisc.html

Frank Harrell

On Fri, 26 Apr 2002 09:59:09 -0400
Peter Flom <flom at ndri.org> wrote:

> Hello
> 
> I am sure this is elementary, but I can't figure it out.....
> 
> I am using SAS v8.2 and R 1.4.1 on a Windows platform.
> 
> I have a large (6 megabyte) file in .sd2 format.  I want to import it into R.
> If necessary, I can create a smaller file, as I don't need all the variables that are in this file
> 
> I downloaded the package foreign.   I then tried to use PROC CPORT in SAS to create a transport file.  It gave no error message, but I cannot find the file it wrote.  I also tried the SAS Export Wizard, but this didn't work.
> 
> What's the best way to do this?  
> 
> More specifically
> 
> 1) How do I import any .sd2 file to R ?
> 2) Is it better to create and import small files as needed, or one huge file which would contain all the data?
> 3) Any other tips on how to do this?
> 
> 
> Thanks in advance
> 
> 
> 
> Peter L. Flom, PhD
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