Re: st: Getting data from NBER to STATA

[Kirimi Sindi <sindijul@msu.edu>]

Nichols,

Thank you. This is the break I needed. I managed to use your help and 
suggestions to get the data into stata.

Thank you again.

Kirimi

Austin Nichols wrote:
> Kirimi Sindi <sindijul@msu.edu> :
>
> Easy answer: just put all the files in the same directory and do not
> specify paths.
>
> clear all
> set mem 1000m
> local dat "cpsmar08.dat"
> local dta "cpsmar08.dta"
> local dct "cpsmar08.dct"
> dir cpsmar*
> qui infile using `dct', using(`dat')
>
> Did you forget to unpack a zip file, perhaps?
>
> On Thu, May 21, 2009 at 11:29 PM, Kirimi Sindi <sindijul@msu.edu> wrote:
>   
> > I am trying to figure out what is wrong with this infile syntax.
> >
> > . set mem 1000m
> > . local dat_name "cpsmar08.dat"
> > . local dta_name "./cpsmar08.dta"
> > . local dct_name "./cpsmar08.dct"
> > . quietly infile using "`dct_name'", using("`dat_name'") clear
> > file cpsmar08.dat not found
> > r(601);
> >
> > end of do-file
> > r(601);
> >
> > Thank you,
> >
> > Kirimi
> >     
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