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Read Variable Names, Formats, and Widths from data generated by the SAVEDATA Command

Source: R/extractSaveData.R
getSavedata_Fileinfo.Rd

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.

  • tech3File: A character vector of the tech 3 output.

  • tech4File: A character vector of the tech 4 output.

See also

getSavedata_Data

Author

Michael Hallquist

Examples

if (FALSE) { # \dontrun{
  fileInfo <- getSavedata_Fileinfo("C:/Program Files/Mplus/Test Output.out")
} # }