Re: st: importing data from excel

[keto04 <keto04@skynet.be>]

Hello Julia,
Try to adapt your excell file before importing by replacing all comma's 
by points.  Easy to do by using the 'find' button under edit and then 
choose replace.  Normally the problem should be solved.  Good luck!

Julia Spies schreef:

> Hello,
>
> after having imported data from Excel, I noticed that for some variables Stata cutted the decimal places and considered these variables as two seperate variables. 
> E.g. Var1: 15,25 --> Var1: 15, Var2: 25 
> Strangely, this does not happen to all comma-containing variables (although they all have the same format in Excel). Anyone a clue why this happens and what can be done about it?
>
> Regards,
> Julia
>
> P.S.: In case this is an Excel-specific problem, apologies for posting the issue here!
>   
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