Hi Listers,
((Sorry if this is a repeat e-mail -- I attempted to send it Friday
evening and it doesn't show up on the archives, but something weird may be
happening.))
I'm trying to read in a massive amount of files that are dirty in Excel
format and don't come out clearly using StatTransfer. I think the best way
to approach them is -infile using-, as they're of fixed format and I can
specify what to do with them. The only problem is that the variables are
rows, not columns. I tried writing a dictionary using _row(#) instead of
_column(#), but I keep getting errors (see below) and am wondering why
this is invalid. And if so, what on earth can I do to automate the read-in
process, as cleaning up each Excel file by hand would take prohibitively
long?
--snip from data set--
0-10 employees 10-24 employees 25-99 employees
varlabel1 description1 # # #
varlabel2 description2 # # #
--end snip--
--attempted dictionary--
dictionary using
"U:\User10\kis6\Datasets\MEPSIC\MEPSICdata\Alabama1996_II.csv" {
_row(6)
( invalid name
dictionary invalid
r(614);
--end attempted dictionary--
There are 58 row variables and 7 column cases (each of which is separated
by a column...I don't know who designed this format, but I'd like to
introduce them to usability).
Any guidance would be greatly appreciated,
David
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David Musselwhite
BS Candidate '10
Industrial and Labor Relations, Law and Society
Cornell University
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