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foreign (version 0.8-7)

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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0.8-7

License

GPL version 2 or later

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

Last Published

January 29th, 2026

Functions in foreign (0.8-7)

read.dta

Read Stata binary files

read.mtp

Read a Minitab Portable Worksheet

write.dta

Write Files in Stata Binary Format

read.spss

Read an SPSS data file

write.foreign

Write text files and code to read them.

lookup.xport

Lookup Information on a SAS XPORT Format Library

read.epiinfo

Read Epi Info data files

read.systat

Obtain a Data Frame from a Systat File

read.octave

Read Octave Text Data Files

S3 read functions

Read an S3 Binary File

read.ssd

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

write.dbf

Write a DBF File

read.xport

Read a SAS XPORT Format Library

read.dbf

Read a DBF File