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Re: st: Appending files using stat transfer


From   "Raphael Fraser" <[email protected]>
To   [email protected]
Subject   Re: st: Appending files using stat transfer
Date   Tue, 19 Feb 2008 17:17:26 -0500

Thanks it worked. It appears to be a typo

On Feb 19, 2008 4:53 PM, Sergiy Radyakin <[email protected]> wrote:
> well it calls fs, and there is such a package:
>
> fs from http://fmwww.bc.edu/RePEc/bocode/f
>     'FS': module to show names of files in compact form / fs lists the names
>     of files in compact form. With no arguments, / fs lists names of files in
>     the current directory or folder.  / Otherwise, it follows file
>     specifications. A file / specification is a filename or (more commonly) a
>
> Try it, and see if it works.
>
> Best regards,
>    Sergiy
>
>
>
>
> On 2/19/08, Raphael Fraser <[email protected]> wrote:
> > I would like to append several files. I came accross the e-mail below
> > in the Statalist archive. I can not located the -ps- package
> > mentioned. Can any one help?
> >
> > Raphael
> > **************************************************************
> > From      "Nuno Soares" <[email protected]>
> > To        <[email protected]>
> > Subject           RE: st: Appending files using stat transfer
> > Date      Fri, 29 Dec 2006 10:11:22 -0000
> > A few days ago a posted a reply on this subject, but it didn't appear on the
> > list. Here it goes again.
> > A possible solution would be doing something like:
> >
> > After converting the excel files to dta using StatTransfer you can run this
> > code:
> >
> > clear
> > cd "c:\folder_with_dta_files"
> > fs *.dta
> > local j "0"
> > foreach f in `r(files)' {
> >        if `j' == 0 use `f'
> >        else append using `f'
> >        local ++j
> > }
> > save mydata.dta,replace
> >
> > It needs to have the -ps- package installed.
> > Best,
> >
> > Nuno
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