Re: st: reading in data where delimiter is replaced with return character

[Stas Kolenikov <skolenik@gmail.com>]

Looks like

dictionary {
   _first(4)
   _lines(3)
   _line(1) str5 A
   _line(2) int B
   _line(3) int C
}

to me. Or something of the kind.

On Sat, Aug 18, 2012 at 2:58 PM, Airey, David C
<david.airey@vanderbilt.edu> wrote:
> .
>
> When copying tables from the web and pasting, files can lose delimiters (if they had any).
>
> So a file that looks like this online with var header included:
>
> A       B       C
> one     1       2
> three   3       4
>
> becomes this when pasted:
>
> A
> B
> C
> one
> 1
> 2
> three
> 3
> 4
>
> What Stata command handles this format?
>
> The infile command has a byvariable(#) option, but this is for data like:
>
> A one three
> B 1 3
> C 2 4
>
> -Dave
>
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