R help - Nov 2002 - R: Use of the Foreign package to import Stata files

Hi,

An R newbie here.  I am using R 1.6 currently and have
(successfully, I think) installed the Foreign package.
 Tried to import a data file created with Stata 7.0
SE.  Had minor problems with syntax then R decided
that my file was not really a Stata file.  It rejected
the file saying 'Not created by Stata 5-7/SE'.  Any
suggestions on how to convince R that this is really,
truly a Stata file?

TIA,

Bill Hart
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On Sat, 2 Nov 2002, William Hart wrote:
> An R newbie here.  I am using R 1.6 currently and have
> (successfully, I think) installed the Foreign package.
>  Tried to import a data file created with Stata 7.0
> SE.  Had minor problems with syntax then R decided
> that my file was not really a Stata file.  It rejected
> the file saying 'Not created by Stata 5-7/SE'.  Any
> suggestions on how to convince R that this is really,
> truly a Stata file?
>
You need the version of read.dta that I wrote yesterday after finally
obtaining some 7/SE datasets for debugging.  If you can compile packages
then I can send you the code, otherwise you will have to wait for the next
version of the foreign package.

	-thomas



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