[R] Importing data

[Rense Nieuwenhuis]

Hi,

you might try to use the foreign-package, which contains the function  
read.spss. This works fine most of the time,

For a description of its usage, see the help-files or my own website:  
http://www.rensenieuwenhuis.nl/r-project/manual/basics/getting-data- 
into-r-2/

Remember, you'll need to install the foreign-package first.

Hope this helps,

Rense Nieuwenhuis
On Jan 6, 2008, at 12:46 , Simo Vundla wrote:

> Hi,
> I'm trying to import categorical data from SPSS to R using the script:
> xxx <-spss.get("xxx.por", use.value.labels=TRUE) but unfortunately  
> am getting an error message 'error reading portable-file dictionary'.
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> I have successfully imported data in the past.
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> What could be the problem with this data?
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> Thanks
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> Simo
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