{"id":6304,"date":"2024-03-14T04:05:42","date_gmt":"2024-03-14T04:05:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.silicloud.com\/blog\/how-to-merge-multiple-xpt-files-in-r-language\/"},"modified":"2025-08-02T01:52:25","modified_gmt":"2025-08-02T01:52:25","slug":"how-to-merge-multiple-xpt-files-in-r-language","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.silicloud.com\/blog\/how-to-merge-multiple-xpt-files-in-r-language\/","title":{"rendered":"Merge XPT Files in R: A Complete Guide"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>To combine multiple xpt files in R, you can use the read_xpt() function from the haven package to read the files, and then use the bind_rows() function from the dplyr package to merge them. 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