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Re: st: complete data import
From
Douglas Levy <[email protected]>
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Re: st: complete data import
Date
Wed, 23 Apr 2014 16:21:59 -0400
Thanks, Brendan (and Sarah), this seems to work. -Doug
On Wed, Apr 9, 2014 at 4:59 PM, Brendan Halpin <[email protected]> wrote:
> Read each line as a string.
> Create an ID variable that starts at 1 and increments the line after
> each TND line.
> Append the ID as a comma separated string at the end of each line.
> Write out three text files, one for MEM, one for ITM and one for TND.
> Read them with insheet, save as .dta files.
> Merge as appropriate on the ID variable.
>
>
> Approximately:
> Create slug.dct containing this line:
>
> dictionary using raw.csv { str244 slug }
>
> . infile using slug.dct
> . gen id = 1
> . replace id = id[_n-1] + regexm(slug[_n-1], "^TND") if _n>1
> . replace slug = string(id) + "," + slug
> . outfile slug using mem.csv if regexm(slug, ",MEM,"), wide
> . outfile slug using itm.csv if regexm(slug, ",ITM,"), wide
> . outfile slug using tnd.csv if regexm(slug, ",TND,"), wide
>
> Now you have 3 comma-separated-value files, readable by insheet, that
> have an ID variable on which you can merge.
>
> Brendan
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