[R] sas.get problem

[John Kane]

--- Frank E Harrell Jr <f.harrell at vanderbilt.edu>
wrote:

> John Kane wrote:
> > --- Cody_Hamilton at Edwards.com wrote:
> >> John,
> >>
> >> I believe the format file must have a .sc or
> >> .sas7bcat  file extension (not
> >> .sas7bdat which is a sas dataset extension).  I
> >> think that's why you're
> >> getting the error F:/sas/formats.sc? or
> >> formats.sas7bcat not found.
> > 
> > Current state of play:
> > Files : SAS 9.x
> > 
> > formea1.sas7bdat
> > formea2.sas7bdat
> > formats.sas7bcat
> > 
> > I notice that the formats.sas7bcat is drastically
> > different from the sas.bdat
> > icons.
> > 
> > We seem to  be making some progress even if the
> data
> > file still has not loaded.
> > 
> > In the ammended sas.get condition I get an error
> > object ".R." not found.
> > I hope this is not an Hmisc object.
> 
> It is.  You need library(Hmisc) in effect before
> using sas.get.
> 
> The system output error will be fixed in an upcoming
> release of Hmisc.
> 
> Frank
>

Just as I feared!  Oh well I can still do the SAS >
SPSS > R routine or use Marc's suggetion to export a
csv file.

Thanks for the confirmation. I strongly suspected that
 .R. was Hmisc.   
> > 
> > Thanks
> > 
> > 
> > Run with Hmisc
> > 
> > mydata <- sas.get(library="F:/sas", mem="formea1",
> >              format.library="F:/sas",
> >   sasprog = '"C:Program Files/SAS/SAS
> 9.1/sas.exe"')
> >            
> > Error in sas.get(library = "F:/sas", mem =
> "formea1",
> > format.library = "F:/sas",  :
> >         SAS job failed with status -1
> > In addition: Warning message:
> > "\"C:Program not found
> > 
> > 
> > Run with modified sas.get (Hmisc not loaded)
> > 
> > Error in sas.get(library = "F:/sas", mem =
> "formea1",
> > format.library = "F:/sas",  :
> >         object ".R." not found
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> >> Also, is the carriage return after '"C:/Program 
> in
> >> the code below caused
> >> by copying and pasting into the email or is the
> code
> >> that way in your
> >> program?
> >>
> >> Regards,
> >>     -Cody
> >>
> >>
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> >> --- Tim Churches <tchur at optushome.com.au> wrote:
> >>
> >>> John Kane wrote:
> >>>> I  have 3 SAS files all in the directory
> F:/sas,
> >>> two
> >>>> data files
> >>>> and a format file :
> >>>> form.ea1.sas7bdat
> >>>> form.ea2.sas7bdat
> >>>> sas.fmts.sas7bdat
> >>>>
> >>>> F is a USB.
> >>>> I am using R2.4.1 under Windows XP
> >>>> SAS files were created with SAS 9.x
> >>>> They convert easily into SPSS 14
> >>>> Example.
> >>>>
> >>>> library(Hmisc)
> >>>> mydata <- sas.get(library="F:/sas",
> >>> mem="form.ea1",
> >>>>             
> format.library="sas.fmts.sas7bdat",
> >>>>            sasprog = '"C:Program Files/SAS/SAS
> >>>> 9.1/sas.exe"')
> >>>>
> >>>> Error message  (one of several that I have
> >> gotten
> >>>> while trying various things.)
> >>>> The filename, directory name, or volume label
> >>> syntax
> >>>> is incorrect.
> >>>> Error in sas.get(library = "F:/sas", mem =
> >>> "form.ea1",
> >>>> format.library = "sas.fmts.sas7bdat",  :
> >>>>         SAS job failed with status 1
> >>>> In addition: Warning messages:
> >>>> 1: sas.fmts.sas7bdat/formats.sc? or
> >>> formats.sas7bcat
> >>>> not found. Formatting ignored.
> >>>>  in: sas.get(library = "F:/sas", mem =
> >> "form.ea1",
> >>>> format.library = "sas.fmts.sas7bdat",
> >>>> 2: 'cmd' execution failed with error code 1 in:
> >>>> shell(cmd, wait = TRUE, intern = output)
> >>> The sas.get function in the Hmisc library is
> >> broken
> >>> under Windows.
> >>>
> >>> Change line 127 from:
> >>>
> >>>     status <- sys(paste(shQuote(sasprog),
> >>> shQuote(sasin), "-log",
> >>>         shQuote(log.file)), output = FALSE)
> >>>
> >>> to:
> >>>
> >>>     status <- system(paste(shQuote(sasprog),
> >>> shQuote(sasin), "-log",
> >>>         shQuote(log.file)))
> >>>
> >>> Tim C
> >> Thanks Tim,
> >>
> >> How do I make this change? I naively have tried
> by
> >> a) list sas.get and copy to editor
> >> b) reload R without loading Hmisc
> >> c) made recommended changes to sas.get
> >> d) stuck a "sas.get <- " in front of the function
> >> and
> >> ran it.
> 
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