Just for clarity : the csv format will solve your problem, as the restrictions on the variable names will only depend on the program you use to load them. I never experienced problems with variable names using csv to switch datasets between SPlus, R, SAS and SPSS.
Cheers Joris On Tue, Oct 13, 2009 at 4:35 PM, joris meys <jorism...@gmail.com> wrote: > 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.