Re: st: Inputting arbitrary text files into Stata datasets (correction)

[Roger Newson <roger.newson@kcl.ac.uk>]

A correction to my previous communication. The -infix- commands I included 
should, of course, specify that the input variables are strings. They 
should read

infix str sect1 1-80 str sect2 81-160 str sect3 161-240 using foobar.ado,clear

in the case of the real-world version suggested frst, and

infix str sect1 1-80 str sect2 81-160 str sect3 161-240 using 
foobar.ado,clear notrim

in the case of the hypothetical dream version proposed later.

Apologies for any confusion caused.

Roger

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