st: Infile Errors

["Alexander Nervedi" <alexnerdy@hotmail.com>]

Hi Statalist

I am having issues with using infile.

I have data in fixed width format that looks like:

KA0013217HA01  0                0                0                0 1
KA0013250HA01  0                0                0                0 1
KA0013283HA01  0                0                0                0 0

I have a dictionary file called Alex.dct that looks like:

infile dictionary using Alex.RAW{

   _column(1)  str     card_code       %1s         "Schedule Code"
   _column(2)  str     village_code    %1s         "Village Identifier"
  _column(2)   int     pcode            %1f          "Person Code"

 ...

}

When I "infile" in stata i get the following error:

. infile using Alex.dct

infile dictionary using Alex.RAW{

   _column(1)  str     card_code       %1s         "Schedule Code"
   _column(2)  str     village_code    %1s         "Village Identifier"
str already defined
dictionary invalid
r(614);

end of do-file
r(614);

I cant figure out why it is thinking of str as a variable. I am hoping 
someone has experience with this and can offer suggestions.

Thanks!

Alex

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