Re: st: how to generate Stata dct file

[Steven Dubnoff <sdubnoff@circlesys.com>]

> I'm trying to export my dataset using the outfile command.
>
> outfile using filename.txt, wide  noquote nolabel  replace
>
> However, don't seem to find a way to generate a dictionary (in a separate
> file) to follow this dataset.
If you have Stat/Transfer, the output format "Stata Program + ASCII Data" 
will give you what you need (a do file, a .dct file and your data in the 
narrowest form).  It will also export your value and variable labels.

Best,

Steve



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