read_xpt {haven} | R Documentation |
The SAS transport format is a open format, as is required for submission of the data to the FDA.
read_xpt(file) write_xpt(data, path, version = 8)
file |
Either a path to a file, a connection, or literal data (either a single string or a raw vector). Files ending in Literal data is most useful for examples and tests. It must contain at least one new line to be recognised as data (instead of a path). |
data |
Data frame to write. |
path |
Path to a file where the data will be written. |
version |
Version of transport file specification to use: either 5 or 8. |
A tibble, data frame variant with nice defaults.
Variable labels are stored in the "label" attribute of each variable. It is not printed on the console, but the RStudio viewer will show it.
tmp <- tempfile(fileext = ".xpt") write_xpt(mtcars, tmp) read_xpt(tmp)