[R] SAS file

[Daniel Nordlund]

On 8/7/2016 7:49 AM, John Kane wrote:
> As Jim says the file did not arrive. R-help is very fussy about what kind of files it accepts. If you are still having a problem it would be a good idea to upload it to file-sharing place such as Dropbox or Mediafire and just post the link here.
>
> John Kane
> Kingston ON Canada
>
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>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: r-help at r-project.org
>> Sent: Fri, 5 Aug 2016 10:10:13 +0000 (UTC)
>> To: r-help at r-project.org
>> Subject: [R] SAS file
>>
>> Hello,I have a SAS formatted file as attached, when I use lookup.xport i
>> got error below> lookup.xport("patient.ssd01")Error in
>> lookup.xport.inner(file) :   unable to open file: 'No such file or
>> directory'
>>
>> can anyone please help me to figure it out?
>> thanksc
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The file extension, '.ssd01' is typically used for a standard Unix SAS 
dataset.  the R function, lookup.xport(), is for examining SAS XPORT 
files.  So, you are using the wrong approach to read the file.

You will need to get an XPORT format file, or have SAS available, or get 
some 3rd party software that will read SAS datasets.


Dan

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Daniel Nordlund
Port Townsend, WA  USA