[R] Read SAS data into R

[Wensui Liu]

not necessarily, if R can access SAS data through SAS ODBC driver. I
do so for *.sav data all the time.

On 5/11/07, Frank E Harrell Jr <f.harrell at vanderbilt.edu> wrote:
> kseefeld wrote:
> > Kim's EZ Recipe for….
> >
> > SAS TO R, perfectly formatted table with no loss of data
> >
> > •     In SAS: Export SAS DB as access db
> > •     In R go to directory where access db is stored
> > •     Use package RODBC
> >
> > #R code
> > #Create connection object (Can set up DSN but I'm too lazy to)
> > c<-odbcConnectAccess("x.mdb")
> > #Create table object, store db in object
> > x<-sqlFetch(c, "test")
> > #Close connection object
> > odbcClose(c)
> >
> >
>
> That doesn't help people who don't have SAS.
>
> Note that an upcoming release of the Hmisc package has a new Access
> import function for users who have access to the mdbtools package on
> their operating system (e.g., linux).
>
> --
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>                       Department of Biostatistics   Vanderbilt University
>
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WenSui Liu
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