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There are gov't data files: http://www.cdc.gov/EpiInfo/

Available in this weird SAS format. How can I convert them into XML/CSV, something much simpler that can be read by scripts/etc.???

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Is ftp.cdc.gov/pub/health_statistics/NCHS/Datasets/NSFG/sas/… an example of the SAS files you're looking at? CDC seems to use this extension for code as well as data. – ayrnieu Oct 12 '09 at 18:49
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search.cpan.org/~mlf/SAS-Parser-0.93/lib/SAS/Parser.pm deals with them – ayrnieu Oct 12 '09 at 18:54
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SAS is an integrated programming/data management tool. Unless specifically done otherwise, the code & data are stored in the same file/type. – DaveE Oct 12 '09 at 20:19
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StatTransfer will convert SAS files to a variety of formats and it includes options to filter variables or observations, customize the delimiter, and change variable storage formats during the transfer.

AM will also covert data, but it's less powerful/flexible. AM is freeware and written for Windows.

Eric A. Booth || ebooth@ppri.tamu.edu

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SAS Institute (the company that makes SAS) produces a viewer for SAS data sets.

Note that SAS program files usually have the extension .sas, whereas the data files themselves usually have the extension .sas7bdat.

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