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foreign (version 0.8-49)

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 dBase files.

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install.packages('foreign')

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0.8-49

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GPL (>= 2)

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

Last Published

January 29th, 2026

Functions in foreign (0.8-49)

read.xport

Read a SAS XPORT Format Library

read.dbf

Read a DBF File

read.ssd

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

read.arff

Read Data from ARFF Files

write.arff

Write Data into ARFF Files

read.spss

Read an SPSS Data File

lookup.xport

Lookup Information on a SAS XPORT Format Library

read.mtp

Read a Minitab Portable Worksheet

read.systat

Obtain a Data Frame from a Systat File

read.epiinfo

Read Epi Info Data Files

write.dta

Write Files in Stata Binary Format

S3 read functions

Read an S3 Binary or data.dump File

write.foreign

Write Text Files and Code to Read Them

write.dbf

Write a DBF File

read.octave

Read Octave Text Data Files

read.dta

Read Stata Binary Files