Dear Andrea
Are you try to unhide all rows in datasheet before transfer. Another reason
may due to mistyping or any ''character" in the rows that not include in
observations list.
Ha Thai Son
----- Original Message -----
From: "Andrea Molinari" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, May 11, 2004 11:59 PM
Subject: st: Problems transferring data from excel to stata!
> Dear Statalisters,
>
> I have a very simple (?) question, in the hope of getting any
> suggestions....
> While transferring data from Excel onto Stata (using Stat/Transfer v.5),
my
> .dta file has a couple extra rows and three more variables which are NOT
in
> my excel file. If I de-select these three variables, then the data on my
> first variable (which is a string) disappears.
> I tried by copying all the data in values on a new spreadsheet but the
same
> thing happens... I am puzzled because this did not happen to me before
> (using the SAME database!)
> Any suggestions?
> Thanks very much!
> Andrea
>
>
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