st: Re: help with insheeting data

["Michael Blasnik" <michael.blasnik@verizon.net>]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Alexander Nervedi" <alexnerdy@hotmail.com>

> Hi Statalist!
> <snip>>
> The problem is that outsheeting it or even outfiling it introduces spaces 
> in
> the final file that mess up my dictionary file so that I can't read the 80
> character long variable. The only way I can get it to work is by
> Stat-transfering the file into *.dat format (ASCII Fixed Width + All 
> program
> setting).
>
> Is there anyway I can export from within Stata to ASCII Fixed Width 
> format?
> This will automate the process of extracting my variables, instead of 
> having
> to manually run Stat Transfer on each time.
>
> thank you,
>
> Al
Try reading the help for outfile (not outsheet), specifically the 
runtogether option.  It often requires a bit of work to put your data in the 
proper format for using this option (all strings of exactly the length you 
need), but it is fairly easy to program into a do or ado file.

Michael Blasnik
michael.blasnik@verizon.net



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