R help - Feb 2005 - importing minitab datasets

I'm having trouble using the read.mtp function in the foreign package 
to import datasets from minitab (.mtw) format. Specifically, each file 
I try to import fails to load any data beyond a header row stating the 
version of Minitab that saved the dataset. I get this error:

incomplete final line found by readtableHeader on 'income.mtw'

The dataset appears to be complete (ie, using the scan() function I can 
view the contents, and the file does not end after the header, but the 
formatting characters make it impossible to guess what the raw data 
elements are). I got the same result trying to read minitab files from 
two different sources. Any suggestions would be appreciated.

Thanks,

Peter

Hi Peter

On 11 Feb 2005 at 1:06, Peter Jaffe wrote:
> I'm having trouble using the read.mtp function in the foreign package
> to import datasets from minitab (.mtw) format. Specifically, each file
> I try to import fails to load any data beyond a header row stating the
> version of Minitab that saved the dataset. I get this error:
> 
> incomplete final line found by readtableHeader on 'income.mtw'
> 
> The dataset appears to be complete (ie, using the scan() function I
> can view the contents, and the file does not end after the header, but
> the formatting characters make it impossible to guess what the raw
> data elements are). I got the same result trying to read minitab files
> from two different sources. Any suggestions would be appreciated.
>
I did not do the transfer yet but quick look into help page:


file: 

character variable with the name of the file to read. The file must 
be in Minitab Portable Worksheet format. 
	   ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

so first you need to save a minitab file in correct format. If you 
did it it would work as expected -> it will give you a list.


Cheers
Petr


 
> Thanks,
> 
> Peter
> 
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