Re: st: Converting from EBCDIC to ASCII

[Nick Winter <nw53@cornell.edu>]

Stat-transfer can handle OSIRIS format datasets in EBCDIC, so if that's 
what you've got, Stat-Transfer is an answer.  If the underlying format is 
something else, then not.

-Nick



At 01:05 PM 10/14/2004 -0400, you wrote:

> Hello list,
>
> I have a huge dataset which is in EBCDIC that I need to get into
> Stata. I have been told that I can do this using SAS as an
> intermediary, translating from EBCDIC to ASCII.
>
> Does anyone have any experience with this, or can point me towards a
> generic translator? I just want to see if there is any easier way than
> SAS.
>
>
> Cheers, and thanks,
>
>
> Dan Egan
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