read.epx {epxToR}

Import an Epidata xml file (.epx)

Description

Import an Epidata xml file (.epx)

Usage

read.epx(x, use.epidata.labels = TRUE, set.missing.na = TRUE)

Arguments

x

char - Filename

use.epidata.labels

Boolean - replace value of a variable by an internal label. Default is TRUE

set.missing.na

Boolean - replace missing by NA. Default is TRUE

Details

This function read an Epidata file containing new xml format data.

Value

An "epx" object

Note

This work is derived from the work of David Whiting.

Be careful, don't include ',' or ';' into text field, these characters can be used as separators.

Epidata types handled : ftString, ftInteger, ftFloat, ftDMYDate

WARNING: with R 3.4.0 this function generates many warning. That is tied to the fact than XML package has not still be updated.

Author(s)

Jean Pierre Decorps <[e-mail]>

References

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Examples

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