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Re: st: import excel and value labels
From
A Loumiotis <[email protected]>
To
[email protected]
Subject
Re: st: import excel and value labels
Date
Wed, 11 Dec 2013 12:26:14 +0200
I would like to add though that perhaps there should be a modification
in the help file of -import excel, clear- so that it is also stated
that not only the data but also the value labels are cleared from
memory before loading the excel file.
On Wed, Dec 11, 2013 at 12:15 PM, A Loumiotis
<[email protected]> wrote:
> Thank you Daniel for your explanation. I see now that -import excel,
> clear- will first clear any existing data and value labels from memory
> and then load the excel file.
> Best,
> Antonis
>
>
> On Wed, Dec 11, 2013 at 11:39 AM, daniel klein
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>> Since you -clear- the memory by specifying the respective option, it
>> seems natural to me. It is the same as
>>
>> clear
>> la de foo 1 "foo"
>> sysuse auto ,clear
>> la li foo
>>
>> However, defined value labels are also cleared if we do not sepcify
>> the -clear- option.
>>
>> clear
>> la de foo 1 "foo"
>> sysuse auto
>> la li
>>
>> This makes me wonder about the "status" of value labels. They
>> obviously are not regarded as changes to the dataset -- otherwise
>> there would be therespective error message and return code r(4) . One
>> migth argue that there should be a similar error message to remind you
>> of the fact that you are about to lose your defined value labels - but
>> cerainly not if you explicitly specified a -clear- option.
>>
>> See -label save- for a way to preserve the value labels before
>> importing a dataset.
>>
>> Best
>> Daniel
>>
>> --
>> I noticed that whenever I load an excel file in Stata using -import
>> excel- the existing values labels are deleted. Is this the normal
>> behavior of -import excel-?
>>
>> Here is an example:
>>
>> . label define test 1 "yes" 2 "no"
>>
>> . label l test
>> test:
>> 1 yes
>> 2 no
>>
>> . import excel book1.xlsx, clear first
>>
>> . label l test
>> value label test not found
>> r(111);
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