Someone pointed out that Hmisc, version 3.4-4 works just great with R-2.8.1 on Linux. I downgraded the package version from 5 and it now works wonderfully.
Thanks for looking, and your help! On Tue, Apr 21, 2009 at 7:04 PM, Nordlund, Dan (DSHS/RDA) <nord...@dshs.wa.gov> wrote: >> -----Original Message----- >> From: r-help-boun...@r-project.org [mailto:r-help-boun...@r-project.org] On >> Behalf Of Nirav Mehta >> Sent: Tuesday, April 21, 2009 3:46 PM >> To: r-help@r-project.org >> Subject: [R] sas.get() exit >> >> Hello, >> >> I am trying to import SAS files into R using sas.get() in Hmisc. I am >> running both SAS and R on a UNIX server. I've pasted my command and >> ensuing errors below: >> >> sas.get(lib="EOG", mem="eog3pub00_1") >> Error in if (status != 0) { : argument is of length zero >> In addition: Warning message: >> In sas.get(lib = "EOG", mem = "eog3pub00_1") : >> EOG/formats.sc? or formats.sas7bcat not found. Formatting ignored. >> >> I have SAS installed, and am in the directory which contains EOG, >> which in turn contains "eog3pub00_1", the full name of which is >> eog3pub00_1.sas7bdat. >> >> R.Version() returns: >> $platform >> [1] "i686-pc-linux-gnu" >> ... >> $version.string >> [1] "R version 2.8.1 (2008-12-22)" >> >> I was not able to find similar error messages anywhere online. >> >> Thanks for your help! >> Nirav >> > > Nirav, > > Unfortunately, sas.get from Hmisc is broken (i.e. does not work) on Windows. > There is a fix for the problem. There have been many posts about this in the > archive. See > > http://tolstoy.newcastle.edu.au/R/e2/help/07/04/14217.html > > If you need additional help, email back to the list, and I will try to find a > previous email I have sent out about this problem and its solution. > > Hope this is helpful, > > Dan > > Daniel J. Nordlund > Washington State Department of Social and Health Services > Planning, Performance, and Accountability > Research and Data Analysis Division > Olympia, WA 98504-5204 > > ______________________________________________ > R-help@r-project.org 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. > ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org 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.
