Read SAS .sd2 file into R?
Peter Dalgaard wrote:
"mtb954 mtb954" <mtb954 at gmail.com> writes:
Does anyone know how to import a SAS .sd2 file into R? I can't see anything in library(foreign).
The SAS dataset file formats are not publicly available. You need either SAS itself (on a Windows machine) or a specialized tool like DBMS/Copy to converti it.
Peter, There may be another way, though I have yet to explore it. The SAS System Viewer is free and you may distribute it royalty free: http://www.sas.com/apps/demosdownloads/sassysview_PROD_8.2_sysdep.jsp?packageID=000176 "Files Supported by the SAS System Viewer The SAS System Viewer lets you view the following types of SAS files: Read Only * 7.00 Data Sets created under the windows environment (sas7bdat, sd7, sd2, ssd, ssd0x, saseb$data) * 6.06 - 6.12 Catalogs - Directory Information Only (sc2, sct, sct0x, saseb$catalog) * 3.2.2 JMP(r) Data Sets - Macintosh and Windows (jmp) * 6.12 MDDB - Multi-dimensional Data Base Files (sm2) * SAS Transport Files (stx, xpt) * SAS Log Files (log) * SAS List Files (lst) Read and Write Enabled * Comma Delimited Files (csv) * Space Delimited Files (prn) * Text Based Files (sas, dat, cfg, html)" Whether you can copy and paste will be key. Regards, Kevin ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Kevin Viel Department of Genetics e-mail: kviel at darwin.sfbr.org Southwest Foundation phone: (210)258-9884 P.O. Box 760549 fax: (210)258-9444 San Antonio, TX 78245-0549 Kevin Viel PhD Candidate Department of Epidemiology Rollins School of Public Health Emory University Atlanta, GA 30322