[R] sas.get() exit

[Nordlund, Dan (DSHS/RDA)]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: r-help-bounces at r-project.org [mailto:r-help-bounces at r-project.org] On
> Behalf Of Nirav Mehta
> Sent: Tuesday, April 21, 2009 3:46 PM
> To: r-help at r-project.org
> Subject: [R] sas.get() exit
> 
> Hello,
> 
> I am trying to import SAS files into R using sas.get() in Hmisc. I am
> running both SAS and R on a UNIX server. I've pasted my command and
> ensuing errors below:
> 
> sas.get(lib="EOG", mem="eog3pub00_1")
> Error in if (status != 0) { : argument is of length zero
> In addition: Warning message:
> In sas.get(lib = "EOG", mem = "eog3pub00_1") :
>   EOG/formats.sc? or formats.sas7bcat  not found. Formatting ignored.
> 
> I have SAS installed, and am in the directory which contains EOG,
> which in turn contains "eog3pub00_1", the full name of which is
> eog3pub00_1.sas7bdat.
> 
> R.Version() returns:
> $platform
> [1] "i686-pc-linux-gnu"
> ...
> $version.string
> [1] "R version 2.8.1 (2008-12-22)"
> 
> I was not able to find similar error messages anywhere online.
> 
> Thanks for your help!
> Nirav
> 

Nirav,

Unfortunately, sas.get from Hmisc is broken (i.e. does not work) on Windows.  There is a fix for the problem.  There have been many posts about this in the archive.  See

http://tolstoy.newcastle.edu.au/R/e2/help/07/04/14217.html

If you need additional help, email back to the list, and I will try to find a previous email I have sent out about this problem and its solution.

Hope this is helpful,

Dan

Daniel J. Nordlund
Washington State Department of Social and Health Services
Planning, Performance, and Accountability
Research and Data Analysis Division
Olympia, WA  98504-5204