I've whipped up the code below to turn a log file into a do file. The
syntax is:
. logtodo <logfilename> , saving(<dofilename>) [ replace ]
It does not deal with a smcl-formatted log; use -translate- first. One
annoying feature
is that if the syntax that created the log file includes lines that are
broken over multiple lines using /* and */, these are strung together
into one long syntax line in the new do file. But the resulting syntax
runs; it just doesn't look all that pretty.
I've only tested it a bit, but it seems to work.
program define logtodo
version 7
syntax anything(id="log file") , saving(string) [ replace ]
confirm file `"`anything'"'
if "`replace'"!="" {
capture erase `"`saving'"'
}
confirm new file `"`saving'"'
tempname hin hout
file open `hin' using `"`anything'"' , text read
file open `hout' using `"`saving'"' , text write
file read `hin' line
while !r(eof) {
if substr(`"`line'"',1,2)==". " {
local line : subinstr local line ". " ""
file write `hout' `"`line'"'
file read `hin' line
while substr(`"`line'"',1,2)=="> " {
local line : subinstr local line "> " ""
file write `hout' `"`line'"'
file read `hin' line
}
file write `hout' _n
}
else {
file read `hin' line
}
}
file close `hout'
file close `hin'
end
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