Write RCDF data to Stata .dta files — write_rcdf_dta • rcdf

Writes each table in the RCDF object to a .dta file for use in Stata.

Usage

write_rcdf_dta(data, path, ..., parent_dir = NULL)

Arguments

data: A valid RCDF object.
path: Output directory for files.
...: Additional arguments passed to haven::write.dta().
parent_dir: Optional subdirectory under path to group Stata files.

Value

Invisibly returns NULL. Files are written to disk.

See also

Examples

dir <- system.file("extdata", package = "rcdf")
rcdf_path <- file.path(dir, 'mtcars.rcdf')
private_key <- file.path(dir, 'sample-private-key-pw.pem')

rcdf_data <- read_rcdf(path = rcdf_path, decryption_key = private_key, password = '1234')
temp_dir <- tempdir()

write_rcdf_dta(data = rcdf_data, path = temp_dir)

unlink(temp_dir, force = TRUE)