[R] sas.get problem

[Cody_Hamilton at Edwards.com]

John,

According to the sas.get documentation, the format library option must
specify the directory containing the file formats.sct (I don't think it can
be a sas dataset).  Also, do you need a forward slash after C: in the
sasprog option below?  Finally, sas may not like the period in the file
name form.ea1 (it will read 'form' as the libname) - can you rename the
file?
                                                                            
                                                                            
                                                                            

Regards,
    -Cody



                                                                           
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I  have 3 SAS files all in the directory F:/sas, two
data files
and a format file :
form.ea1.sas7bdat
form.ea2.sas7bdat
sas.fmts.sas7bdat

F is a USB.

I am trying import them to R using "sas.get".

I have not used SAS since I was downloading data from
mainframe
and having to write JCL.  I had forgotten how bizarre
SAS can be.
I currently have not even figured out how to load the
files into SAS but
they look fine since I can import them with no problem
into SPSS.

I am using R2.4.1 under Windows XP
SAS files were created with SAS 9.x
They convert easily into SPSS 14

I
n the example below I have tried various versions of
the file names with
with no luck.
Can anyone suggest some approach(s) that I might take.

Example.

library(Hmisc)
mydata <- sas.get(library="F:/sas", mem="form.ea1",
             format.library="sas.fmts.sas7bdat",
           sasprog = '"C:Program Files/SAS/SAS
9.1/sas.exe"')

Error message  (one of several that I have gotten
while trying various things.)
The filename, directory name, or volume label syntax
is incorrect.
Error in sas.get(library = "F:/sas", mem = "form.ea1",
format.library = "sas.fmts.sas7bdat",  :
        SAS job failed with status 1
In addition: Warning messages:
1: sas.fmts.sas7bdat/formats.sc? or formats.sas7bcat
not found. Formatting ignored.
 in: sas.get(library = "F:/sas", mem = "form.ea1",
format.library = "sas.fmts.sas7bdat",
2: 'cmd' execution failed with error code 1 in:
shell(cmd, wait = TRUE, intern = output)

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