Hi, I try to get the variable labels of a SPSS data file into R but don't find this mentioned in the help file for foreign. Is there another way to get them ? BTW: An SPSS variable name is like: VAR001, whereas the variable label might be 'Identification no.' Thanks in advance, F. Thomas -- .......................................... Dr. Frank Thomas FTR Internet Research 93110 Rosny-sous-Bois France --
data1 <- read.spss("file1.sav", F, T) # works !
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Frank Thomas a ?crit :> Hi,
> I try to get the variable labels of a SPSS data file into R but don't
> find this mentioned in the help file for foreign. Is there another way
> to get them ?
> BTW: An SPSS variable name is like: VAR001, whereas the variable label
> might be 'Identification no.'
>
> Thanks in advance,
> F. Thomas
>
On Tue, 6 Jun 2006, Frank Thomas wrote:> Hi, > I try to get the variable labels of a SPSS data file into R but don't > find this mentioned in the help file for foreign. Is there another way > to get them ? > BTW: An SPSS variable name is like: VAR001, whereas the variable label > might be 'Identification no.'mydata <- read.spss("mydata.sav") attr(mydata, "variable.labels") -thomas Thomas Lumley Assoc. Professor, Biostatistics tlumley at u.washington.edu University of Washington, Seattle