Thanks guys for the greaty ideia!! I am fool because I did not realize that before.
Caveman On Tue, Oct 13, 2009 at 4:41 PM, joris meys <jorism...@gmail.com> wrote: > Just for clarity : the csv format will solve your problem, as the > restrictions on the variable names will only depend on the program you > use to load them. I never experienced problems with variable names > using csv to switch datasets between SPlus, R, SAS and SPSS. > > Cheers > Joris > > On Tue, Oct 13, 2009 at 4:35 PM, joris meys <jorism...@gmail.com> wrote: >> Sorry to be so blunt, but I cannot believe PSPP can't save a dataset >> as a .csv file for example. That should be the prefered format to >> transport a dataset to any other statistical package, including R. csv >> files are universal. >> >> Cheers >> Joris >> >> On Tue, Oct 13, 2009 at 3:30 PM, Orvalho Augusto <orvaq...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> Thanks for the answer. >>> >>> Hmisc uses read.spss from the foreign package. And so it does not >>> solve my trouble. >>> >>> I need to read the long names on the SPSS dataset. >>> >>> Caveman >>> >>> >>> On Tue, Oct 13, 2009 at 3:01 PM, John Kane <jrkrid...@yahoo.ca> wrote: >>>> library(Hmisc) spss.get may do it but it's been some time since I used it. >>>> >>>> --- On Sat, 10/10/09, Orvalho Augusto <orvaq...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> >>>>> From: Orvalho Augusto <orvaq...@gmail.com> >>>>> Subject: [R] SPSS long variable names >>>>> To: r-help@r-project.org >>>>> Received: Saturday, October 10, 2009, 12:14 PM >>>>> Hello guys I am new to this list and >>>>> for R too. >>>>> >>>>> I am wondering if there is a patch for the SPSS reading >>>>> code on the >>>>> foreign package, in order to be able to read long variable >>>>> names. >>>>> Right now read.spss() just trunc the names to 8 >>>>> characters. >>>>> >>>>> Or if someone could help me on other way: >>>>> I have to process everyday a lot of SPSS Syntax Files and >>>>> Dat files >>>>> that come from one system that can only export data on >>>>> through that >>>>> way. >>>>> >>>>> I use PSPP to generate the spss data file (sav) that I read >>>>> with R. >>>>> >From R I can export to MySQL, DBF and STATA to satisfy >>>>> the needs of >>>>> different guys here. >>>>> >>>>> The problem is the limit of 8 characters long on variable >>>>> names. >>>>> >>>>> Can someone help on that? >>>>> >>>>> Caveman >>>>> >>>>> ______________________________________________ >>>>> 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. >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> __________________________________________________________________ >>>> The new Internet Explorer® 8 - Faster, safer, easier. Optimized for >>>> Yahoo! Get it Now for Free! at >>>> http://downloads.yahoo.com/ca/internetexplorer/ >>>> >>> >>> ______________________________________________ >>> 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.
