R help - Feb 2004 - Another question, unfortunately. . . .(Installing "foreign"/trying to import/export SAS files)

I have downloaded R--no problem there. Unfortunately, I have run into a
second problem.

I am trying to use read.ssd and then read.xport (to get a SAS data set).
I have imported the package "foreign" according to instructions (
options(CRAN="http://cran.us.r-project.org/") and
install.packages("foreign") ), but when I do so and then use either
read.ssd or read.xport I get the message 'couldn't find function . .
.'.
Obviously these two directions are not getting the file installed
properly. Is there something I have overlooked somewhere? Please advise.

Thanks!

Gerald

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"Shoultz, Gerald" <bjz9 at cdc.gov> writes:
> I have downloaded R--no problem there. Unfortunately, I have run into a
> second problem.
> 
> I am trying to use read.ssd and then read.xport (to get a SAS data set).
> I have imported the package "foreign" according to instructions (
> options(CRAN="http://cran.us.r-project.org/") and
> install.packages("foreign") ), but when I do so and then use
either
> read.ssd or read.xport I get the message 'couldn't find function .
. .'.
> Obviously these two directions are not getting the file installed
> properly. Is there something I have overlooked somewhere? Please advise.
I suspect you forgot to do

library(foreign)

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