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st: Re: import string variables


From   "Joseph Coveney" <[email protected]>
To   <[email protected]>
Subject   st: Re: import string variables
Date   Sat, 29 May 2010 10:34:25 +0900

Tyler Frazier wrote:

I am having a terrible time to import string variables to Stata -- I
have tried every which way that seems possible -- txt, excel, access,
but none of them seem to work. they all convert the numbers to text.

the variables are in this format 02   050   005   010   etc etc

any suggestions?

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You can import these as strings using either -infile- or -infix-.  You can 
specify that the variables are to be imported as strings either in a dictionary 
file (both commands) or in-line (-infix-).  See their help files for details.

Joseph Coveney


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