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MplusAutomation (version 0.6-1)

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. If present, the function also parses information about the Bayesian Parameters (BPARAMETERS) 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.
  • fileVarNamesA character vector containing the names of variables in the dataset.
  • fileVarFormatsA character vector containing the Fortran-style formats of variables in the dataset.
  • fileVarWidthsA numeric vector containing the widths of variables in the dataset (which is stored in fixed-width format).
  • bayesFileThe name of the BPARAMETERS file containing draws from the posterior distribution created by the Mplus SAVEDATA BPARAMETERS command.
  • bayesVarNamesA character vector containing the names of variables in the BPARAMETERS dataset.
  • tech3FileA character vector of the tech 3 output.
  • tech4FileA character vector of the tech 4 output.

See Also

getSavedata_Data

Examples

Run this code
fileInfo <- getSavedata_Fileinfo("C:/Program Files/Mplus/Test Output.out")

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