These functions are in the library "foreign". You may not have loaded the 
library. Load it first, before using the functions. I tried the following on 
R1.7.1 on Windows; the functions are available.

library(foreign)
help(read.xport)
help(read.table)



In a message dated 8/6/03 11:48:56 AM Eastern Daylight Time, 
dassybr@hotmail.com writes:

> Im trying to import data from an excel sheet or a sas file to R...im not 
> succeeding. Apparently the function read.xport for reading a SAS file doesnt 
> 
> exist. What do i have to type in EXACTLY to read from an excel sheet(i guess 
> 
> i would be using read.table?)?
> 
> Thanks in advance for an answer
> 
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