getSavedata_Fileinfo: Read Variable Names, Formats, and Widths from data generated by the SAVEDATA Command
Description
This function reads the SAVEDATA INFORMATION section from an Mplus output file that used
the SAVEDATA command, and it returns a list with the filename, variable names, variable formats,
and variable widths of the SAVEDATA file.
Usage
getSavedata_Fileinfo(outfile)
Arguments
outfile
required. The name of the Mplus output file to read. Can be an absolute or relative path.
If outfile is a relative path or just the filename, then it is assumed that the file resides in
the working directory getwd().
Value
Returns a list of SAVEDATA file information that includes:
fileNameThe name of the file containing the analysis dataset created by the Mplus SAVEDATA command.
varNamesA character vector containing the names of variables in the dataset.
varFormatsA character vector containing the Fortran-style formats of variables in the dataset.
varWidthsA numeric vector containing the widths of variables in the dataset (which is stored in fixed-width format).