[R] read SAS file

[b g]

Another question.  I want to install some of the user packages but it's not clear from the documentation how to specify the directory in which to place them. I need some help with this problem-how do I direct the install to the proper place? Should I set up a directory under my R directory (my preference) or elsewhere? Should I place all downloaded packages into the same directory or specify separate directories for each package? And will I need to specify some environment variable when using the package?


> Date: Tue, 11 Nov 2008 14:41:57 +0100
> From: P.Dalgaard at biostat.ku.dk
> To: shakespeare_1040 at hotmail.com
> CC: patrick.richardson at vai.org; r-help at r-project.org
> Subject: Re: [R] read SAS file
> 
> b g wrote:
>> Figured out the problem reading the file. Csv files must be ftp'd as ascii and xpt files as binary. However, both strategies result in the first few columns being omitted. I'd like to check which variables are on the file, much like proc contents in SAS, but I can't find the command to do this in the documentation. How is this done?> Date: Tue, 11 Nov 2008 10:35:28 +0100> From: P.Dalgaard at biostat.ku.dk> To: shakespeare_1040 at hotmail.com> CC: patrick.richardson at vai.org; r-help at r-project.org> Subject: Re: [R] read SAS file>> b g wrote:>> I must have this file in the wrong directory. I can see it and it's> spelled correctly in my command (including case) but I get:>>>>> library(foreign)> read.xport("cft2008R")>> Error in lookup.xport(file)>>> :> unable to open file: 'No such file or directory'> There are several> subdirectories under C:\Program Files\R\R-2.8.0\ . Should it be in one> of those?>> If it is a .xpt file, then you likely need "cft2008R.xpt".>> --> O__ 
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> (please see if you can do something about the lack of line wrap.....)
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> Did you try lookup.xport()?
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