Hi, I know how to use SPSS and JMP, and have quite a few JMP files I would like to use in R. I converted them to .xpt files, downloaded the 'foreign' library then tried this command:>read.xport("D:\\Databases\nameoffile.xpt")to which I get:>Error in lookup.xport(file) : unable to open fileI have read FAQ lists and Google searched and cannot figure out what I'm doing wrong that my files won't open. I tried saving to the C drive, but no luck there. I also have no luck getting R to read my SPSS files with read.spss My file names do have spaces and dashes, and I do have variables/variable names longer than 8 characters. Please help! I am very new to R and do not understand all the package reference manuals...I can not seem to find a simple, basic guide to how to command R and use basic functions without a bunch of jargon (eg 'usage' and 'arguments'). It would help to at least be able to load my files to practice on. Any help would be appreciated! Thanks, Diana ____________________________________________________________________________________ Pinpoint customers who are looking for what you sell.
JMP can write CSV, and that's probably a safer choice than XPT. Andy From: Diana C. Dolan> > Hi, > I know how to use SPSS and JMP, and have quite a few > JMP files I would like to use in R. I converted them > to .xpt files, downloaded the 'foreign' library then > tried this command: > > >read.xport("D:\\Databases\nameoffile.xpt") > > to which I get: > > >Error in lookup.xport(file) : unable to open file > > I have read FAQ lists and Google searched and cannot > figure out what I'm doing wrong that my files won't > open. I tried saving to the C drive, but no luck > there. I also have no luck getting R to read my SPSS > files with read.spss > > My file names do have spaces and dashes, and I do have > variables/variable names longer than 8 characters. > > Please help! I am very new to R and do not understand > all the package reference manuals...I can not seem to > find a simple, basic guide to how to command R and use > basic functions without a bunch of jargon (eg 'usage' > and 'arguments'). It would help to at least be able > to load my files to practice on. > > Any help would be appreciated! > Thanks, > Diana > > > > ______________________________________________________________ > ______________________ > Pinpoint customers who are looking for what you sell. > > ______________________________________________ > R-help at 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. > > >------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Notice: This e-mail message, together with any attachments,...{{dropped}}
You might want to specifically look at R Windows FAQ:
http://cran.r-project.org/bin/windows/base/rw-FAQ.html#R-can_0027t-find-my-file
In Windows, you need to use double back-slashes or use Unix-like
forward-slashes. So, for example, use:
read.xport("D:\\Databases\\nameoffile.xpt")
Additionally, on data import matters, reading the R Data Import/Export
Manual, available online at:
http://cran.r-project.org/doc/manuals/R-data.html
or from the menus in your R installation, would be helpful.
Lastly, you should not have needed to download the 'foreign' *package*,
as it is part of the default R installation. Using:
library(foreign)
should have been sufficient.
HTH,
Marc Schwartz
On Wed, 2007-08-15 at 11:43 -0700, Diana C. Dolan wrote:> Hi,
> I know how to use SPSS and JMP, and have quite a few
> JMP files I would like to use in R. I converted them
> to .xpt files, downloaded the 'foreign' library then
> tried this command:
>
> >read.xport("D:\\Databases\nameoffile.xpt")
>
> to which I get:
>
> >Error in lookup.xport(file) : unable to open file
>
> I have read FAQ lists and Google searched and cannot
> figure out what I'm doing wrong that my files won't
> open. I tried saving to the C drive, but no luck
> there. I also have no luck getting R to read my SPSS
> files with read.spss
>
> My file names do have spaces and dashes, and I do have
> variables/variable names longer than 8 characters.
>
> Please help! I am very new to R and do not understand
> all the package reference manuals...I can not seem to
> find a simple, basic guide to how to command R and use
> basic functions without a bunch of jargon (eg 'usage'
> and 'arguments'). It would help to at least be able
> to load my files to practice on.
>
> Any help would be appreciated!
> Thanks,
> Diana
>
>
>
>
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>
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> PLEASE do read the posting guide
http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html
> and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.