Chapter 12 Concept index

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Section


A

awk:

 

Introduction


B

Binary files:

 

Binary files

Binary files:

 

Binary connections


C

comma separated values:

 

Export to text files

Compressed files:

 

Types of connections

Connections:

 

Connections

Connections:

 

Types of connections

Connections:

 

Output to connections

Connections:

 

Listing and manipulating connections

CSV files:

 

Export to text files

CSV files:

 

Variations on read.table


D

Data Interchange Format (DIF):

 

Data Interchange Format (DIF)

Dbase:

 

RODBC

dBase:

 

dBase files (DBF)

DBF files:

 

dBase files (DBF)

DBMS:

 

Relational databases


E

Encodings:

 

Encodings

Encodings:

 

Export to text files

EpiData:

 

EpiInfo Minitab SAS S-PLUS SPSS Stata Systat

EpiInfo:

 

EpiInfo Minitab SAS S-PLUS SPSS Stata Systat

Excel:

 

RODBC

Excel:

 

RODBC

Exporting to a text file:

 

Export to text files


F

File connections:

 

Types of connections

Fixed-width-format files:

 

Fixed-width-format files

Flat contingency tables:

 

Flat contingency tables


H

Hierarchical Data Format:

 

Binary data formats


I

Importing from other statistical systems:

 

Importing from other statistical systems


L

locales:

 

Variations on read.table


M

Minitab:

 

EpiInfo Minitab SAS S-PLUS SPSS Stata Systat

Missing values:

 

Export to text files

Missing values:

 

Variations on read.table

MySQL database system:

 

DBI

MySQL database system:

 

RODBC


N

network Common Data Form:

 

Binary data formats


O

Octave:

 

Octave

ODBC:

 

Overview of RDBMSs

ODBC:

 

RODBC

Open Database Connectivity:

 

Overview of RDBMSs

Open Database Connectivity:

 

RODBC


P

perl:

 

Introduction

perl:

 

Fixed-width-format files

Pipe connections:

 

Types of connections

PostgreSQL database system:

 

RODBC

Pushback on a connection:

 

Pushback


Q

Quoting strings:

 

Export to text files

Quoting strings:

 

Variations on read.table


R

Re-shaping data:

 

Re-shaping data

Relational databases:

 

Relational databases


S

S-PLUS:

 

EpiInfo Minitab SAS S-PLUS SPSS Stata Systat

SAS:

 

EpiInfo Minitab SAS S-PLUS SPSS Stata Systat

Sockets:

 

Types of connections

Sockets:

 

Reading from sockets

Spreadsheet-like data:

 

Spreadsheet-like data

SPSS:

 

EpiInfo Minitab SAS S-PLUS SPSS Stata Systat

SPSS Data Entry:

 

EpiInfo Minitab SAS S-PLUS SPSS Stata Systat

SQL queries:

 

SQL queries

Stata:

 

EpiInfo Minitab SAS S-PLUS SPSS Stata Systat

Systat:

 

EpiInfo Minitab SAS S-PLUS SPSS Stata Systat


T

Terminal connections:

 

Types of connections

Text connections:

 

Types of connections


U

Unix tools:

 

Introduction

URL connections:

 

Types of connections

URL connections:

 

Input from connections


X

XML:

 

XML


Y

yaml:

 

XML


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Footnotes

(1)

the distinction is subtle, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UTF-16/UCS-2, and the use of surrogate pairs is very rare.

(2)

Even then, Windows applications may expect a Byte Order Mark which the implementation of iconv used by R may or may not add depending on the platform.

(3)

This is normally fast as looking at the first entry rules out most of the possibilities.

(4)

and forks, notably MariaDB.