Re: st: Infile Errors

[Ted Anagnoson <anag999@silcom.com>]

usually with str format, I use str1, str2, str50, with the number being the 
width of the variable....I'd try that first.

Ted Anagnoson
Cal State Los Angeles



At 03:19 AM 6/7/2005 +0000, you wrote:

> 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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