st: How to create data dictionaries using fortran format commands

[Robert Breunig <Robert.Breunig@anu.edu.au>]

I have a large ASCII file that I wish to read into STATA.  I normally read 
this file using fortran.

Instead of creating a data dictionary such as

var1    1-3
var2    4-6
var3    7-9
etc..

is there a way to tell stata that I have 9 variables all which take up 3 
columns.  (In fortran, I would type 9f3.0).

Thanks,

Bob

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Dr. Robert Breunig
Senior Lecturer, School of Economics
and
Senior Research Fellow, Economics Program,
Research School of Social Sciences
Australian National University
Canberra ACT 0200
AUSTRALIA
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