Unfortunately, the file is large (almost one million observations) and so
can't be opened in Excel in its entirety.
Rebecca Kalmus
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Date: Wed, 19 May 2004 15:03:22 +0100
From: [email protected]
Subject: Re: st: RE: RE: inputting string variables in comma-separated
files
A simpler solution might be to add an extra cell in your excel column with
a letter in it...
Then STATA will know to read that column in as a string.. then just delete
the
extra cell.
cheers
Ade
Adrian Mander MSc PhD, Principal Statistician, GlaxoSmithKline, Mail Code
HW8133, New Frontiers Science Park (South), Harlow, Essex, CM19 5AW. Tel:
01279 63 1203 Fax: 01279 64 4677
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