[R] Data import

B77S bps0002 at auburn.edu
Mon Sep 26 05:04:07 CEST 2011


I have never used that function, but I know that with read.csv() you can do
the following to select only the columns you want:

chosen_vars <- read.csv("Workbook1.csv", header=T)[c("variable1",
"variable3")]

HTH


sassorauk wrote:
> 
> Is it possible to import only certain variables from a SPSS file.
> 
> I know that read.spss in the foreign library will bring the data into R
> but can I choose to important only chosen variables from the SPSS dataset
> to R?
> 
> Thanks for your help.
> 
> R
> 


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