Hi All:
I have a seemingly typical SPSS data file with 219 rows and 486
variables. When I attempt to read this file into R with read.spss() in
the foreign package, I consistently get a "crash". This is the sequence
of events:
> library(foreign)
> sessionInfo()
R version 2.7.1 Patched (2008-07-24 r46120)
i386-pc-mingw32
locale:
LC_COLLATE=English_United States.1252;LC_CTYPE=English_United
States.1252;LC_MONETARY=English_United
States.1252;LC_NUMERIC=C;LC_TIME=English_United States.1252
attached base packages:
[1] stats graphics grDevices utils datasets methods base
other attached packages:
[1] foreign_0.8-27
> read.spss("c:/chuck/mySPSSfile.sav")
"R for Windows GUI front-end has encountered a problem and needs to
close. We are sorry for the inconvenience."
It get a similar result trying to load the file under Rterm.exe. The
file opens without any trouble in SPSS version 16.0.2 (April 10, 2008).
For anyone willing to investigate, I placed a copy of the SPSS file here:
http://www.chuckcleland.net/mySPSSfile.sav
I would be grateful if someone could help to figure out why this file
causes a problem.
thanks,
Chuck
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