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| From | Ricardo Ovaldia <ovaldia@yahoo.com> |
| To | "statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu" <statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu> |
| Subject | Re: st: pasting excel worsheet with missing values in Stata 12 - Bug? |
| Date | Tue, 23 Aug 2011 06:53:34 -0700 (PDT) |
Thank you Ricardo Ovaldia, MS Statistician Oklahoma City, OK ----- Original Message ----- From: "James Hassell, StataCorp" <jhassell@stata.com> To: statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu Cc: Sent: Tuesday, August 23, 2011 8:35 AM Subject: Re: st: pasting excel worsheet with missing values in Stata 12 - Bug? Ricardo Ovaldia <ovaldia@yahoo.com> wrote: >I have a small excell file (35 obs and 18 var). some of the variables >have missing values. When I copy and and paste the worksheet into the >Stata 12 data editr values shift to the left leaving the variables at >the end missing. What Richard described is a bug. This will be fixed in the next update. As a work around, Richard can use Paste Special from the Data Editor's Edit menu, which does not exibit the problem. -- James <jhassell@stata.com> * * For searches and help try: * http://www.stata.com/help.cgi?search * http://www.stata.com/support/statalist/faq * http://www.ats.ucla.edu/stat/stata/ * * For searches and help try: * http://www.stata.com/help.cgi?search * http://www.stata.com/support/statalist/faq * http://www.ats.ucla.edu/stat/stata/