Someone has named a variable "in" which is illegal in Stata.
StatTransfer can fix this problem (by renaming the offending var), if
you have it, or can get someone else who does to use it on your
behalf. You can have similar problems even in otherwise valid
Stata-format datasets, if a variable is named "long" or something else
which is not a valid variable name.
On 2/9/06, David Bell <[email protected]> wrote:
> I am trying to read my first very large file into Stata. The file is in
> SAS transport mode, converted from SPSS. I have successfully used
> "fdause" to read in several other files from the same location. I am
> using Intercooled Stata 9.1. "memory" tells me that I have
> 62,914,560 bytes of free memory. The command "fdadescribe" works:
> [output omitted]
> but . . .
> . fdause "/Stata/FamLegacies/_Data/Wave1Dyadic.xpt", clear
> gives a syntax error message:
> in invalid varname
> r(198);
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