spss.syntax: 'SPSS' merge syntax

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'SPSS' merge syntax

Description

Produces and saves an 'SPSS' merge syntax given a list of files.

Usage

spss.syntax(filelist, name, outputdir = getwd(), zsav = TRUE, SPSSlimit = 50)

Arguments

filelist	a character vector with the list of files to be merged.
name	a string with the name of the merged file (without any extension).
outputdir	the directory where the .sps file and the merged file will be saved.
zsav	a logical value indicating if the the merged file should be compressed with zsav. Default is TRUE.
SPSSlimit	a numerical value indicating the limit of files per command of 'SPSS', typically 50.

Value

Saves an .sps file with the 'SPSS' syntax for merging the desired files.

Examples

# Path where raw 'SPSS' files are
input <- system.file("extdata/reds", package = "ILSAmerge")

# Path where merged files will be saved
dir.create(file.path(tempdir(),"spsssyntax"))
output <- file.path(tempdir(),"spsssyntax")

# List of BCGV1 files to be merged
files <- list.files(path = input, pattern = "BCG.+V1|bcg.+v1")

# Create 'SPSS' syntax
spss.syntax(filelist = files, name = "BCGV1", outputdir = output, zsav = TRUE)

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