Hi Ista,

thank you for your reply!

Yes, I looked at the help sheet but didn't use this command because I would
still like the categorial variables to be converted into factors and have
the value labels from SPSS imported into R as levels.

With the

use.value.labels = FALSE?

command I do get the same underlying codes as in SPSS but I loose the
information about the levels, I think.

Does anyone know a way to preserve both?

Thank you very much for your help in advance?

Marion


2012/4/12 Ista Zahn <istazahn@gmail.com>

> Hi Marion,
>
> Did you look at the help file? Did you try use.value.labels = FALSE?
>
> Best,
> Ista
>
> On Thu, Apr 12, 2012 at 6:28 AM, Marion Wenty <marion.wenty@gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > Dear people,
> >
> > I have got a question concerning the underlying numerical codes when
> > reading an SPSS file into R.
> >
> > I used the package foreign and when I look at a variable I get the verbal
> > codes.
> >
> > I would like to know how it is possible to get the underlying numerical
> > codes as output, which are the same as in my SPSS file.
> >
> > Thank you very much in advance for your help!
> >
> > Marion
> >
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