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Convert SPSS SAV or DTA files to CSV with R
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convert.R
library(foreign)
# SAV file?
write.table(read.spss("spss_data.sav", file="from_sav_data.csv", quote = FALSE, sep = ",")
# DTA file?
write.table(read.dta("spss_data.dta"), file="from_dta_data.csv", quote = FALSE, sep = ",")
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Line 4 should be

write.table(read.spss("spss_data.sav"), file="from_sav_data.csv", quote = FALSE, sep = ",")

You missed a bracket.

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