get.spss.file: get.spss.file
In Dataset: Handling survey data in R. (official release)

Description Usage Arguments Value Author(s)

Import a SPSS data base to a data base in format Dataset.

get.spss.file(
  file,
  datadir, 
  variables = NULL,
  tsvar = character(0),
  ovar = character(0),
  wvar = character(0),
  use.coding.order = "increasing",
  max.value.labels = Inf,
  savingName = NULL,
  lowernames = TRUE,
  name = NULL,
  description = character(0),
  exportPDF = TRUE,
  reencode = "latin1"
)

`file`	the full name of the file you want to import.
`datadir`	the directory where your SPSS file is. If missing the working directory is used.
`variables`	the list of variables you want to import. If missing all variables in the SPSS file are imported.
`tsvar`	a vector containing the names of variables having to be converted in the `TimestampVariable` type. The SPSS timestamp origin "1582-10-14" is used to set the origin of the time variable.
`ovar`	a vector containing the names of variables having to be converted in the `OrdinalVariable` type.
`wvar`	a vector containing the names of variables having to be converted in the `WeightingVariable` type.
`use.coding.order`	a character, either `"increasing"`, `"decreasing"`, `"default"`. If `"increasing"` the coding order is used to sort the order in the values of the Variable. If `"decreasing"` the order is in a decreasing way. If `"default"` no sorting is performed. Default is `"increasing"`.
`max.value.labels`	depreciated. Will be soon removed.
`savingName`	a character. By setting this argument you produce an export in .Rdata of the SPSS file with the name given.
`lowernames`	a logical. If `TRUE` all names are set in lower case.
`name`	a character. The name of the data base. If `NULL` the name of the file is used.
`description`	a character. A description of the database.
`exportPDF`	a logical. If `TRUE` the summary in PDF of the data base is created.
`reencode`	a logical: should character strings be re-encoded to the current locale. Default is `TRUE`. Alternatively character, specifying an encoding to assume.