Sorry to be so blunt, but I cannot believe PSPP can't save a dataset as a .csv file for example. That should be the prefered format to transport a dataset to any other statistical package, including R. csv files are universal.
Cheers Joris On Tue, Oct 13, 2009 at 3:30 PM, Orvalho Augusto <orvaq...@gmail.com> wrote: > 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. > ______________________________________________ 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.
