[R] Problem with foreign package

[Kevin E. Thorpe]

Prof Brian Ripley wrote:
> On Mon, 2 Feb 2009, Duncan Murdoch wrote:
> 
>> On 2/2/2009 8:46 AM, Kevin E. Thorpe wrote:
>>> I tried to use write.foreign() to export to SAS this morning and got 
>>> an error.
>>>
>>> When I looked at the code for writeForeignSAS() I saw this line:
>>>
>>> dfn < -df
>>>
>>> which I think should be
>>>
>>> dfn <- df
>>>
>>> So, I tried to run update.packages() to see if there was an updated 
>>> version and got the following result.
>>
>> That bug was fixed a few weeks ago, but a new version has not been 
>> released yet.  You can get the latest source from svn:
>>
>> https://svn.r-project.org/R-packages/trunk/foreign
> 
> Yes, and there is a good reason.  No less than 3 people reported 
> problems in 0.8-29 without reproducible examples.  When I releaseed 
> 0.8-30, I asked them to test it.  Despite reminders, I am still waiting 
> for any answer, and will wait another week.
> 
> It really is unhelpful to report problems and not be prepared to answer 
> follow-up questions nor test solutions.
> 

Well, I installed the new version, and my export to SAS worked.


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Kevin E. Thorpe
Biostatistician/Trialist, Knowledge Translation Program
Assistant Professor, Dalla Lana School of Public Health
University of Toronto
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