[R] How to import SAS file defining codes by SAS format catalog file

[David Winsemius]

On Mar 21, 2014, at 12:57 AM, Kei_Takeuchi wrote:

> Dear Sir/Madam,
> 
> Hello, this is Kei Takeuchi in Japan Automobile Research Institute.
> 
> I am using R to import SAS file in NHTSA. This is happening since SAS is 
> too expensive software.
> 
> I successfully imoported SAS file which is *****.sas7bdat by R.
> 
> Now I want to define codes in SAS file like 1 to Alabama. Now all the 
> data in SAS file is codes(for example 1,2,3...) which is hard to see. I 
> use code book(published in UMTRI) to see what the codes mean)
> 
> Defining code to text is possible in SAS where file called formats.
> sas7bcat.
> 
> 
> Is it possible by R?


You might want to look at the functions in pkg: SAScii

Author: Anthony Joseph Damico [aut, cre]

URL: https://github.com/ajdamico/SAScii
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> Thank you.
> 
> Sincerely yours,
> Kei Takeuchi
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> Kei Takeuchi
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> Crash Safety
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David Winsemius
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