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foreign (version 0.8-11)

Read Data Stored by Minitab, S, SAS, SPSS, Stata, Systat, dBase, ...

Description

Functions for reading and writing data stored by statistical packages such as Minitab, S, SAS, SPSS, Stata, Systat, ..., and for reading and writing .dbf (dBase) files.

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install.packages('foreign')

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0.8-11

License

GPL version 2 or later

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R-core R-core@R-project.org

Last Published

March 31st, 2025

Functions in foreign (0.8-11)

read.octave

Read Octave Text Data Files

read.dta

Read Stata Binary Files

read.dbf

Read a DBF File

write.foreign

Write Text Files and Code to Read Them

lookup.xport

Lookup Information on a SAS XPORT Format Library

write.dbf

Write a DBF File

read.systat

Obtain a Data Frame from a Systat File

S3 read functions

Read an S3 Binary File

write.dta

Write Files in Stata Binary Format

read.ssd

Obtain a Data Frame from a SAS Permanent Dataset, via read.xport

read.epiinfo

Read Epi Info Data Files

read.xport

Read a SAS XPORT Format Library

read.mtp

Read a Minitab Portable Worksheet

read.spss

Read an SPSS Data File