The SASxport package gives you the ability to directly read, list contents of, and write SAS 'xport' files.  

Even the most dedicated R user will need to interact with SAS data files on a regular basis.  The new SASxport package will save you time and effort, whether you are performing manipulation and analysis using SAS and R together, loading data generated by other SAS users, generating data for files other SAS users, or generating SAS xport files for FDA submission. 

The SASxport package is available as an add-on for R 2.4.1 and later:

The SASxport package is also included in each of our premium RStat software systems:

Features:

• List contents of SAS xport files, including data set names, included variables, variable type and SAS format information via lookup.xport().
• Directly read SAS xport format files, including proper handling of custom formats via read.xport().   (Custom format information can be obtained from a PROC CONTENTS dataset included in the data file or passing as an argument to the function call.)

• Write SAS xport format files, including proper use or generation of custom formats vi write.xport().   (Custom format information can be obtainied from a PROC CONTENTS dataset present in the data to be written or passed as an argument to the function call.)
• Customize translation of R objects to SAS variables by specifying appropriate methods for the toSAS() function.

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