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gtucke1
Fluorite | Level 6

I'm trying to read a SAV file into SAS then write it as CSV. Below is an example of what someone gave me to do. What they gave me is in bold.  I only changed the file path names. 

 

library(haven)
library(readr)
HNIR62FL_data_2 <-
read_sav("C:\Users\gtuck\OneDrive\Documents\Gretchen Dissertation\SAS\Original Data Set")
write_csv(x=HNIR62FL_data_2, path="C:\Users\gtuck\OneDrive\Documents\Gretchen Dissertation\SAS\CSV.csv")

 

I received an error message when I ran the above. The error message is:

16 library(haven)
-------
180
ERROR 180-322: Statement is not valid or it is used out of proper order.

17 library(readr)
18 HNIR62FL_data_2 <-
19 read_sav("C:\Users\gtuck\OneDrive\Documents\Gretchen Dissertation\SAS\Original Data Set")
20 write_csv(x=HNIR62FL_data_2, path="C:\Users\gtuck\OneDrive\Documents\Gretchen
20 ! Dissertation\SAS\CSV.csv")

 

I don't know what I need to do. What does the two library names mean? Can they be called anything? What is the HNIR62FL_data_2<- for? 

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PaigeMiller
Diamond | Level 26
library(haven)
library(readr)
HNIR62FL_data_2 <-
read_sav("C:\Users\gtuck\OneDrive\Documents\Gretchen Dissertation\SAS\Original Data Set")
write_csv(x=HNIR62FL_data_2, path="C:\Users\gtuck\OneDrive\Documents\Gretchen Dissertation\SAS\CSV.csv")

These are not SAS statements.

 

There is no library statement or function in SAS. There is a LIBNAME command, which looks nothing like the library statement you show and would not be needed to read a file.

 

Similarly, the rest of your code also does not use SAS statements or SAS functions.

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Paige Miller
Tom
Super User Tom
Super User

Why are you trying to run R code in SAS?

What is a SAV file?  Do you mean you have an SPSS dataset?

Reeza
Super User
That's R code, not SAS.

You can do this in SAS though.

proc import datafile = "c:\data\hsb2.sav" out= work.hsb2;
run;

proc export data=hsb2 outfile='C:\data/hsb2.csv' dbms=csv replace;
run;

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