[R] still spss

[Douglas Bates]

Uwe Ligges <ligges at statistik.uni-dortmund.de> writes:

> Margarida Júlia Rodrigues Igreja wrote:
> 
> > hi again,
> > i still cannot open the file in spss :(
> 
> > i type:
> 
> > library(foreign)
> > read.spss("H:\\Desktop\\bd1\\experiencia1")
> > and the error comes:
> 
> > Error in read.spss("H:\\Desktop\\bd1\\experiencia1") : unable to open file
> 
> For sure the file there? Does the file has an extension, .sav for
> example? You will need to specify the latter as in:
> read.spss("H:\\Desktop\\bd1\\experiencia1.sav")

In Windows I recommend the use of file.choose() in place of explicit
file names.  The function brings up a chooser panel in which you can
use the familiar Windows point-and-click style of selecting a file.

That is, invoke read.spss as

read.spss(file.choose())