DictionarySPSS: A SPSS Data Dictionary Function

In ajhmohr/datadictionary: Create TXT Data Dictionary from R Data Attributes

Description

This function creates a .txt data dictionary from an SPSS .sav file read into R using the foreign package. It writes the variable labels and value labels stored as attributes within the R data object to an external file.

Usage

DictionarySPSS(x, file = "DataDictionary.txt")

Arguments

x	A dataframe read in using the "read.spss()" command from the foreign package. Must have "to.data.frame=TRUE" and works best if "use.value.labels=FALSE"
file	The file name and location to which the data dictionary should be written. Defaults to "DataDictionary.txt" in the current working directory.

Examples

DictionarySPSS()

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