

Peter Dalgaard wrote:

>allan miller <amiller@a2software.com> writes:
>
>  
>
>>Hello,
>>
>>I'm trying to source() an SPlus 6.x file created using dump(..., 
>>oldStyle=T) into R (version 2.01) as using the following instructions:
>>
>>    
>>
>>>*If you have access to S-PLUS, it is usually more reliable to |dump| 
>>>the object(s) in S-PLUS and |source| the dumpfile in R. For S-PLUS 5.x 
>>>and 6.x you may need to use |dump(..., oldStyle=T)|, and to read in 
>>>very large objects it may be preferable to use the dumpfile as a batch 
>>>script rather than use the |source| function.*
>>>      
>>>
>>(from "R Data Import/Export," pg. 15)
>>
>>An example:
>>
>> > source("testdump")
>>Error in parse(file, n, text, prompt) : syntax error on line 1895
>>
>>where the data on line 1895 - and other lines causing this - have 
>>embedded spaces, such as the following:
>>
>>
>>[line 1895]  Johnson Partners LLC
>>
>>
>>I can't seem to find any options for either the SPlus dump, or R 
>>source(), that relate to this problem.  Any suggestions for how to 
>>either dump or source files containing data with embedded spaces?
>>    
>>
>
>A bit more context might be helpful. What's in lines surrounding 1895?
>Can you show a simple S-PLUS object displaying the behaviour? What
>happens if you dput() the object? Will S-PLUS itself restore the file? 
>
>  
>
Unfortunately, I don't have access to S-PLUS :'( , the S-PLUS file dump 
was provided to me to load in R.  Here are the lines in the S-PLUS dump 
surrounding 1895:

> 1892 .Label
>    1893 character
>    1894 1
>    1895 Johnson Partners LLC
>    1896 class
>    1897 character
>    1898 1
>    1899 factor
>    1900 Protocol

The problem is with the embedded spaces (whitespace?) characters in 
1895.  If I remove the spaces, i.e., change it to:

JohnsonPartnersLLC

the line is successfully loaded, and the next error that comes up is 
another Label with embedded spaces.

Thanks for your help.

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