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st: New version of -stcmd- on SSC


From   Roger Newson <[email protected]>
To   "[email protected]" <[email protected]>, Elizabeth Cain <[email protected]>, Sean Taylor <[email protected]>
Subject   st: New version of -stcmd- on SSC
Date   Wed, 27 Apr 2011 11:46:17 +0100

Thanks to Kit Baum, a new version of the -stcmd- package is now available for download from SSC. In Stata, use the -ssc- command to do this, or -adoupdate- if you already have an old version of -stcmd-.

The -stcmd- package is described as below on my website, and calls the Stat/Transfer data conversion program, if the user has it installed, to convert datasets to and from Stata. The new version fixes a bug, which caused the -inputst- module to ignore Stat/Transfer switches. So, it is now possible to input one datasheet from a Microsoft Excel file into a Stata dataset in memory, by typing

inputst myfile.xls /tSheet2

or something similar.

I would like to thank Sean Taylor of Chicago Partners for alerting me to this bug, and apologise to everybody for not having found such a fundamental bug sooner. I would also like to thank Elizabeth Cain of Circle Systems (who maintain Stat/Transfer) for her help when I encountered a very mysterious interaction between Stat/Transfer and my version of Microsoft Windows XP, causing Stat/Transfer to crash randomly and unpredictably when reading 1-2-3 files. Fortunately, I do not have to convert many 1-2-3 files in my work.

Best wishes

Roger


--
Roger B Newson BSc MSc DPhil
Lecturer in Medical Statistics
Respiratory Epidemiology and Public Health Group
National Heart and Lung Institute
Imperial College London
Royal Brompton Campus
Room 33, Emmanuel Kaye Building
1B Manresa Road
London SW3 6LR
UNITED KINGDOM
Tel: +44 (0)20 7352 8121 ext 3381
Fax: +44 (0)20 7351 8322
Email: [email protected]
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Opinions expressed are those of the author, not of the institution.

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package stcmd from http://www.imperial.ac.uk/nhli/r.newson/stata10
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TITLE
      stcmd: Run the Stat/Transfer st command from inside Stata

DESCRIPTION/AUTHOR(S)
The program stcmd runs the Stat/Transfer st command from inside Stata, if Stat/Transfer is installed on the user's system. Stat/Transfer converts
      data sets from one format to another (eg Stata to/from R). It is
available from Stata Corporation and manufactured by Circle Systems, and
      further information can be found at http://www.stattransfer.com/. The
program inputst converts an existing non-Stata input file into a Stata dataset in the memory, overwriting any existing data. The program outputst
      converts the Stata dataset in the memory to a newly-created non-Stata
output file. The programs inputst and outputst require stcmd, and therefore
      should not be downloaded alone. If the Stat/Transfer directory on the
user's system is not on the user's default path, then the user must set the global macro StatTransfer_path to contain the path for the Stat/Transfer st command, possibly in the profile.do file (see on-line help for details).

      Author: Roger Newson
      Distribution-Date: 25april2011
      Stata-Version: 10

INSTALLATION FILES                                  (click here to install)
      stcmd.ado
      inputst.ado
      outputst.ado
      stcmd.sthlp
      inputst.sthlp
      outputst.sthlp
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