Correct. What I had in mind, as you now doubt guess,
is that -destring- offers scope to automate and
document any conversion process.
Nick
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Phil Schumm
> On Jan 5, 2007, at 2:09 PM, Nick Cox wrote:
> > But my understanding is that you may be better off importing as
> > string and doiny your own conversions.
>
>
> Indeed, but in this particular case I am working with a large number
> of files, and am setting up a process that will be repeated
> by others
> (with potentially different data files). Thus, examining the data
> beforehand to determine the correct types is not possible. Given
> this, the fact that -insheet- reads the data twice (see Bill's
> response at http://www.stata.com/statalist/archive/2007-01/
> msg00114.html) is very reassuring.
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