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Re: st: import excel Command: Automatic Adjustment of cellrange Option in Loop
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Scott Merryman <[email protected]>
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Re: st: import excel Command: Automatic Adjustment of cellrange Option in Loop
Date
Fri, 21 Feb 2014 14:47:52 -0600
There is no requirement to specify the end of the cellrange()
- import excel "C:\`i'.xlsx", cellrange(A3) firstrow clear- should work.
Scott
On Fri, Feb 21, 2014 at 2:36 PM, Roberto Liebscher
<[email protected]> wrote:
> Hello Statalisters,
>
> I have got several excel files at hand which I would like to convert into
> *.dta files. I would like to write a loop importing all the excel files and
> save them as *.dta. However, the problem is that the cellrange is not the
> same for every file. So I would be happy to know if there is a way to
> "automate" the adjustment for the cellrange option?
>
> In the end the loop should look like this:
>
> forvalues i=1/100 {
> import excel "C:\`i'.xlsx", cellrange(A3:XX) firstrow clear
> save `i'.dta
> }
>
> where XX is supposed to be the last cell in the bottom right of the
> worksheet that has a value in it. Is there any chance to do this?
>
> Any help is highly appreciated.
>
> Best,
> Roberto
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