Stata The Stata listserver
[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date index][Thread index]

Re: st: V.8 chokes on quotes


From   Devra Golbe <[email protected]>
To   [email protected]
Subject   Re: st: V.8 chokes on quotes
Date   Thu, 20 Feb 2003 14:55:01 -0500

Yes-- don't use Word, or any word processor, as a text editor. See http://repec.org/docs/textEditors.html for some reasons why doing so is a bad idea, and for reviews of text editors that other Stata users find useful.

Devra


At 11:32 AM 2/20/03 -0800 Glen Waddell wrote:

I use Word as my text editor.  The "smart quotes" that Word applies have
not given me trouble in earlier versions, but I have found that v.8
chokes on them, yielding an invalid syntax error.

Any ideas?
*
*   For searches and help try:
*   http://www.stata.com/support/faqs/res/findit.html
*   http://www.stata.com/support/statalist/faq
*   http://www.ats.ucla.edu/stat/stata/



© Copyright 1996–2024 StataCorp LLC   |   Terms of use   |   Privacy   |   Contact us   |   What's new   |   Site index