Re: st: trim spaces in postcode

[Ronnie Babigumira <rb.glists@gmail.com>]

Thanks
Yes I have used and continue to use -insheet- (mainly if I have tab delimited data from excel) and specifying the string 
length is not a problem with -insheet-. That said, there are situations where -infile- is the appropriate command and of 
course -input- is invaluable when I want to input a few entries. In this case I have to specify the length of string 
variables

Ada Ma wrote:

> have you tried -insheet-??
>
> <snip>
> Is there something in newer versions of Stata that would save me from
> guessing the length of strings when using -infile-
> and -input-
> </snip>
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