Mark Fisher <[email protected]> writes,
> [...] I have no problems reading the test files. Also, I now realize the
> first byte in the files I am having trouble with is not 113 by 110. Is there
> a document that explains this format (and other non-113 Stata formats) or
> should I just give up?
I would give up, but it depends how serious you are about file conversion.
Modern Statas read old-format datasets, so all a Stata user has to do
to translate a dataset to modern format is type,
. use mydata
. save, replace
A 110 dataset, for you information, is from Stata 7, released December of
2000. Stata 8, it's replacement, uses format 112, was released January of
2003. Format 111 is for Stata/SE 7, released Feb. of 2002. I could go on.
Theseday, however, all Statas use a single format, 113.
We do not have documents on-line that describe the different formats but,
if you really want them, we will produce them. It would take us a few weeks
and perhaps a couple of months to do that.
-- Bill
[email protected]
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