Thanks for the answer. Hmisc uses read.spss from the foreign package. And so it does not solve my trouble.
I need to read the long names on the SPSS dataset. Caveman On Tue, Oct 13, 2009 at 3:01 PM, John Kane <jrkrid...@yahoo.ca> wrote: > library(Hmisc) spss.get may do it but it's been some time since I used it. > > --- On Sat, 10/10/09, Orvalho Augusto <orvaq...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> From: Orvalho Augusto <orvaq...@gmail.com> >> Subject: [R] SPSS long variable names >> To: r-help@r-project.org >> Received: Saturday, October 10, 2009, 12:14 PM >> Hello guys I am new to this list and >> for R too. >> >> I am wondering if there is a patch for the SPSS reading >> code on the >> foreign package, in order to be able to read long variable >> names. >> Right now read.spss() just trunc the names to 8 >> characters. >> >> Or if someone could help me on other way: >> I have to process everyday a lot of SPSS Syntax Files and >> Dat files >> that come from one system that can only export data on >> through that >> way. >> >> I use PSPP to generate the spss data file (sav) that I read >> with R. >> >From R I can export to MySQL, DBF and STATA to satisfy >> the needs of >> different guys here. >> >> The problem is the limit of 8 characters long on variable >> names. >> >> Can someone help on that? >> >> Caveman >> >> ______________________________________________ >> 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. >> > > > __________________________________________________________________ > The new Internet Explorer® 8 - Faster, safer, easier. Optimized for Yahoo! > Get it Now for Free! at http://downloads.yahoo.com/ca/internetexplorer/ > ______________________________________________ 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.