Re: st: importing data from excel

[Ron�n Conroy <rconroy@rcsi.ie>]

On 19 I�il 2006, at 12:05, keto04 wrote:

> Hello Julia,
> Try to adapt your excell file before importing by replacing all  
> comma's by points.  Easy to do by using the 'find' button under  
> edit and then choose replace.  Normally the problem should be  
> solved.  Good luck!
This is simply the way Excel represents numbers. You should either  
change Excel to represent decimals as periods, not commas, or tell Stata



. set dp {comma|period} [, permanently]



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