Re: [R] Fwd: Re: Reading xpt files into R

> When I look at the SASxport::read.xport function code, it is in fact, _not_ the > same function. But it does have the R statement about what it thinks > qualifies as a SAS xprot file: > > xport.file.header <- "HEADER RECORD***LIBRARY HEADER > RECORD!!!00 " >

Re: [R] Fwd: Re: Reading xpt files into R

> On Apr 14, 2018, at 12:18 PM, WRAY NICHOLAS via R-help > wrote: > > > Original Message -- > From: WRAY NICHOLAS > To: peter dalgaard > Date: 14 April 2018 at 20:18 > Subject: Re: [R] Reading xpt files

Re: [R] Fwd: Re: Reading xpt files into R

Does read.xport read both version 5 and version 8 xpt files? This link to the Library of Congress can get you started on how to interpret the header. (It states that Version 8 was introduced in 2012 but was not in wide use as of early 2017.)