I am glad your problem is now solved. I have no
idea why you were trying to use $ here.
Nick
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> Thank you so much! I was so close - I keep trying to add "$"
> in different places and it does not work :(
"Nick Cox" <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> >You were perfectly clear before
> >and I indicated the solution. Here
> >it is again:
> >
> >"You must spell out that you want the id read
> >as a string variable. The help includes examples."
> >
> >In your example,
> >
> >infix str ID 1-5 Sale 6-10 using abc.raw
> >
> >Nick
> >[email protected]
> >
> >[email protected]
> >
> >> Sorry I was not clear before. Suppose I have the following
> >> file in fixed format:
> >>
> >> 000201234
> >> 000305678
> >> 000402345
> >> 000502321
> >>
> >> I am trying to read column 1-5 in charater format, so that I
> >> have variables in Stata memory as follows:
> >>
> >> ID Sale
> >> 00020 1234
> >> 00030 5678
> >> 00040 2345
> >> 00050 2321
> >>
> >> The problem is that when I use "infix ID 1-5 Sale 6-10", I
> >> have the following because Stata treat:
> >>
> >> ID Sale
> >> 20 1234
> >> 30 5678
> >> 40 2345
> >> 50 2321
> >>
> >> Thoughts?
> >>
> >>
> >> "Nick Cox" <[email protected]> wrote:
> >>
> >> >You must spell out that you want the id read
> >> >as a string variable. The help includes examples.
> >> >
> >> >Nick
> >> >[email protected]
> >> >
> >> >[email protected]
> >> >
> >> >> I encounter a data input problem in Stata. I have a fixed
> >> >> format file, i.e., abc.raw, and there are ID numbers that I
> >> >> would like to read them in character format. However, the way
> >> >> the ID numbers are created makes it hard to do so. For
> >> >> example, I have an ID is "00020", but Stata read it as "20".
> >> >> Can anyone help me out here? I use "infix id 1-5 using ..."
> >> >> but it does not work.
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