getSavedata_Fileinfo: Read Variable Names, Formats, and Widths from data generated...

In MplusAutomation: Automating Mplus Model Estimation and Interpretation

Description

This function reads the SAVEDATA INFORMATION section from an Mplus output file that used the SAVEDATA command, and it returns a list with the filename, variable names, variable formats, and variable widths of the SAVEDATA file. If present, the function also parses information about the Bayesian Parameters (BPARAMETERS) file.

Usage

getSavedata_Fileinfo(outfile)

Arguments

outfile

required. The name of the Mplus output file to read. Can be an absolute or relative path. If outfile is a relative path or just the filename, then it is assumed that the file resides in the working directory getwd().

Value

Returns a list of SAVEDATA file information that includes:

fileName	The name of the file containing the analysis dataset created by the Mplus SAVEDATA command.
fileVarNames	A character vector containing the names of variables in the dataset.
fileVarFormats	A character vector containing the Fortran-style formats of variables in the dataset.
fileVarWidths	A numeric vector containing the widths of variables in the dataset (which is stored in fixed-width format).
bayesFile	The name of the BPARAMETERS file containing draws from the posterior distribution created by the Mplus SAVEDATA BPARAMETERS command.
bayesVarNames	A character vector containing the names of variables in the BPARAMETERS dataset.

Author(s)

Michael Hallquist

See Also

getSavedata_Data

Examples

## Not run: 
fileInfo <- getSavedata_Fileinfo("C:/Program Files/Mplus/Test Output.out")

## End(Not run)

MplusAutomation documentation built on May 2, 2019, 5:55 p.m.