John Kane wrote: > I have 3 SAS files all in the directory F:/sas, two > data files > and a format file : > form.ea1.sas7bdat > form.ea2.sas7bdat > sas.fmts.sas7bdat > > F is a USB. > > I am trying import them to R using "sas.get". > > I have not used SAS since I was downloading data from > mainframe > and having to write JCL. I had forgotten how bizarre > SAS can be. > I currently have not even figured out how to load the > files into SAS but > they look fine since I can import them with no problem > into SPSS. > > I am using R2.4.1 under Windows XP > SAS files were created with SAS 9.x > They convert easily into SPSS 14 > > I > n the example below I have tried various versions of > the file names with > with no luck. > Can anyone suggest some approach(s) that I might take. > > Example. > > library(Hmisc) > mydata <- sas.get(library="F:/sas", mem="form.ea1", > format.library="sas.fmts.sas7bdat", > sasprog = '"C:Program Files/SAS/SAS > 9.1/sas.exe"') > > Error message (one of several that I have gotten > while trying various things.) > The filename, directory name, or volume label syntax > is incorrect. > Error in sas.get(library = "F:/sas", mem = "form.ea1", > format.library = "sas.fmts.sas7bdat", : > SAS job failed with status 1 > In addition: Warning messages: > 1: sas.fmts.sas7bdat/formats.sc? or formats.sas7bcat > not found. Formatting ignored. > in: sas.get(library = "F:/sas", mem = "form.ea1", > format.library = "sas.fmts.sas7bdat", > 2: 'cmd' execution failed with error code 1 in: > shell(cmd, wait = TRUE, intern = output) >
also line sasprog = '"C:Program Files/SAS/SAS9.1/sas.exe" should be sasprog = '"C:/Program Files/SAS/SAS9.1/sas.exe" -- Charles Dupont Computer System Analyst School of Medicine Department of Biostatistics Vanderbilt University ______________________________________________ R-help@stat.math.ethz.ch 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.