Hi Marion, I don't have access to SPSS, so it would be hard for me to figure this out for you. I would think that string variables would be imported as strings or factors even when use.value.labels is true, but can't verify that.
Good luck, Ista On Thu, Apr 12, 2012 at 7:59 AM, Marion Wenty <marion.we...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Ista, > > thank you for your reply! > > Yes, I looked at the help sheet but didn't use this command because I would > still like the categorial variables to be converted into factors and have > the value labels from SPSS imported into R as levels. > > With the > > use.value.labels = FALSE? > > command I do get the same underlying codes as in SPSS but I loose the > information about the levels, I think. > > Does anyone know a way to preserve both? > > Thank you very much for your help in advance? > > Marion > > > 2012/4/12 Ista Zahn <istaz...@gmail.com> >> >> Hi Marion, >> >> Did you look at the help file? Did you try use.value.labels = FALSE? >> >> Best, >> Ista >> >> On Thu, Apr 12, 2012 at 6:28 AM, Marion Wenty <marion.we...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> > Dear people, >> > >> > I have got a question concerning the underlying numerical codes when >> > reading an SPSS file into R. >> > >> > I used the package foreign and when I look at a variable I get the >> > verbal >> > codes. >> > >> > I would like to know how it is possible to get the underlying numerical >> > codes as output, which are the same as in my SPSS file. >> > >> > Thank you very much in advance for your help! >> > >> > Marion >> > >> > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] >> > >> > ______________________________________________ >> > R-help@r-project.org mailing list >> > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help >> > PLEASE do read the posting guide >> > http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html >> > and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. > > ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.