Re: st: insheet limit in string

[Matthew White <mwhite@poverty-action.org>]

Hi Mike,

There was a discussion about a similar problem not too long ago.
Google "String variables over 244 in a dataset with two delimiters"
and see if that helps.

Best,
Matt

On Thu, Dec 8, 2011 at 5:05 PM, Mike Kim <kalisperos@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I am using Stata IC v.11 and trying to import data using:
> insheet using mydata.csv, clear
>
> However, due to 244 string limit, I cannot correctly import the following
> example. I cannot use delimit(;) option because it changes the data
> structure I intended. If I can split school variable using delimit("; ["),
> it will work, but Stata does not allow this. Is there any way I can import
> more than 244 string? Can Stata 12 handle large string variables? Thank you
> in advance.
> Mike.
>
> clear
> input str244 author str244 school
> "Novicevic, MM; Humphreys, JH; Buckley, MR; Cagle, C; Roberts, F"
> "[Buckley, MR] Univ Oklahoma, Michael F Price Coll Business, Norman, OK
> 73019 USA; [Novicevic, MM; Roberts, F] Univ Mississippi, Sch Business Adm,
> University, MS 38677 USA; [Humphreys, JH] Texas A&M Univ, Commerce, TX 75429
> USA; [Cagle, C] Univ Mississippi, Sch Accountancy, University, MS 38677 USA"
> end
>
>
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