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From | Richard Herron <richard.c.herron@gmail.com> |
To | statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu |
Subject | st: reclink type mismatch error |
Date | Tue, 23 Oct 2012 14:38:51 -0400 |
I get a "type mismatch" error using the current version of SSC's -reclink-. This is the same error as a post from two weeks ago (http://www.stata.com/statalist/archive/2012-10/msg00290.html -- new code from the author resolved this error). The call and error are: * begin console output . reclink initials full_name first_name last_name /// > using $DATADIR/finance_faculty, /// > idmaster(index_rm) idusing(index_ff) gen(score) /// > orblock(initials) 48 perfect matches found Going through 166316 observation to assess fuzzy matches, each .=5% complete .............type mismatch r(109); * end console output For what it's worth, I converted the using file from unicode to ascii using Python (it is scraped from a website) before generating the .dta file in Stata. I converted the master file from a SAS data file to a Stata data file using SAS (it comes from Wharton's WRDS database), but I am not sure of its encoding. Is there a way to guarantee the master data file is ascii, also? Or is there a way to troubleshoot this error or convert the offending characters without knowing them a priori? Please let me know if any other information would be helpful. Thank you! * * For searches and help try: * http://www.stata.com/help.cgi?search * http://www.stata.com/support/faqs/resources/statalist-faq/ * http://www.ats.ucla.edu/stat/stata/