i should have clarified that i don't have SAS!! it's been suggested that i can go through Excel, which i will try. thanks to one & all for kind advice!

> -----Original Message----- > From: Nancy A Rowe [mailto:narowe@omega.uta.edu] > Sent: Thursday, May 02, 2002 4:44 PM > To: Dwight Holmes > Cc: SPSSX-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU > Subject: Re: SAS-->SPSS file conversion? > > > On Thu, 2 May 2002, Dwight Holmes wrote: > > Bring the dataset up in SAS and then use code like the following to > convert it to a SAS portable file: > > > libname tranfile xport 'c:\my > documents\consult\price01\f040802\saspor2.prt'; > > proc copy in=work out=tranfile memtype=data; > select bothmrg; > run; > > Then in SPSS use code like: > > get sas data='c:\my documents\consult\price01\f040802\saspor2.prt'. > execute. > > > The stuff after the 'c:...' is the path of the portable file and it > assumes the datasets name in SAS is bothmrg. This works in > most versions > of SAS and SPSS. > > Nancy- > > > > > I've got a SAS (.sd2) file. Is there a way to convert it to > an SPSS file? > > Unfortunately, I'm using SPSS 8.0. Thanks! > > > > ___________________________________ > > Dwight R. Holmes > > Education Policy Manager > > People for the American Way Foundation > > 2000 M Street NW, Suite 400 > > Washington DC 20036 > > (202) 467-4999 Fax (202) 293-2672 > > www.pfaw.org > > >