[R] importing S-Plus data files

[Liaw, Andy]

As I said, I believe at least in S-PLUS 6.1, the files in _Data are binary
compatible across platforms.  (As Prof. Ripley says, if that's the `data'
you meant.)  If the S-PLUS on Linux is so broken, and the Windows version
can't read the data, then there's a good chance the data is corrupted
somehow.

And as BDR said, your best bet is Insightful Tech Support.  Short of that,
try S-news.  You're not likely to get useful help on R-help.  The
capabilities of reading S-PLUS files in R are limited to those available in
the `foreign' package, and mentioned in the R Data Import/Export manual.

Andy

> From: Alexander Sirotkin [at Yahoo] [mailto:alex_s_42 at yahoo.com] 
> 
> S-Plus version is 6.1 (on both Linux and Windows), R
> is 1.8.1. 
> 
> It's Win2K, although I don't think it matters.
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> --- "Liaw, Andy" <andy_liaw at merck.com> wrote:
> > You can help yourself to help us by at least telling
> > us what versions of
> > S-PLUS on Linux the data were created from, the
> > version of S-PLUS you are
> > using under Windows (which version of Windows?) and
> > the version of R you are
> > using.
> > 
> > I believe starting in S-PLUS 6.1, the data created
> > by S-PLUS is binary
> > compatible between Linux and Windows versions.
> > 
> > Andy
> > 
> > > From: Demiurg [at Yahoo]
> > > 
> > > I have some data in the Linux version of S-Plus,
> > which I can not use
> > > anymore. The program is just broken and won't run.
> > I'm trying to
> > > find a way to import that data to either Windows
> > version of S-Plus
> > > (which I have running on my other machine) or R
> > (Linux or Windows,
> > > it doesn't matter).
> > > 
> > > Unfortunately, nothing seems to work.
> > > Windows S-Plus seem to ignore files from Linux
> > .Data directory
> > > and non of the import ruotines available in R can
> > handle my data.
> > > 
> > > Any suggestions would be appreciated.
> > > 
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