Re: [R] how to import from SPSS without shortening variable names

2008-08-19 Thread Prof Brian Ripley
On Tue, 19 Aug 2008, Timo Stolz wrote: Hello, as I import '.sav' files from SPSS, the variable names are shortened to 8 uppercase characters: "sex_of_therapist" will become "SEX_OF_TH" Is there a way around this? How can I retrieve the full names? Have you updated your 'foreign' package rec

Re: [R] how to import from SPSS without shortening variable names

2008-08-19 Thread Peter Dalgaard
Timo Stolz wrote: > Hello, > > as I import '.sav' files from SPSS, the variable names are shortened to > 8 uppercase characters: > > "sex_of_therapist" will become "SEX_OF_TH" > > Is there a way around this? How can I retrieve the full names? > > Well as long as it didn't become sex_of_the_rapis