RE: st: RE: why messy when importing a csv file?

[Jessie Grace <gracejessie@hotmail.com>]

Nick,
I meant different treatments got different results.
If I insheet directly, the results are one variable named v1 and 23 blank observations.
If I copy the contents of the file directly to the Stata's editor window, everything goes well.
If I coyp the contents to a new csv file, then insheet the new csv file, the results are one variable named v1 and 10 observations with values not equal to my original data.
 
Sorry for my unclear expression.
 
Grace

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> Subject: RE: st: RE: why messy when importing a csv file?
> Date: Thu, 6 May 2010 18:26:02 +0100
> From: n.j.cox@durham.ac.uk
> To: statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu
>
> We have now two stories about what happens when you type -insheet using
> firms.csv-, the one here and that sent 15 minutes earlier at
>
>> .1005/date/article-297.html>
>
> So, are you saying that your results are not even consistent?
>
> Nick
> n.j.cox@durham.ac.uk
>
> Jessie Grace
>
> Nick, thank you for reply.
> Additionally, the csv file is downloaded from a certain database. If I
> copy the contents of the file to Stata's editor window. Everything goes
> well.
>
> . list
> +-------------------------------+
> | stkcd accper a00110~0 |
> |-------------------------------|
> 1. | 2 1999-06-30 4.68e+08 |
> 2. | 2 2002-09-30 1.17e+09 |
> 3. | 2 2000-01-01 7.73e+08 |
> 4. | 2 2000-06-30 9.12e+08 |
> 5. | 2 2000-12-31 9.96e+08 |
> |-------------------------------|
> 6. | 2 2009-03-31 2.69e+10 |
> 7. | 2 1997-06-30 0 |
> 8. | 2 1991-12-31 8.86e+07 |
> 9. | 2 1992-12-31 2.05e+08 |
> 10. | 3 1998-12-31 1.21e+08 |
> +-------------------------------+
>
> If I copy the contents to a new csv file and type "insheet using
> firms.csv", the results are as follows.
>
> . list
> +-------------------------+
> | v1 |
> |-------------------------|
> 1. | Stkcd,Accper,A001101000 |
> 2. | ,468010960.13 |
> 3. | ,1166858479.70 |
> 4. | ,772831829.15 |
> 5. | ,911966043.54 |
> |-------------------------|
> 6. | ,995745160.05 |
> 7. | ,26921921879.80 |
> 8. | ,0 |
> 9. | ,88628783.34 |
> 10. | ,204653478.04 |
> |-------------------------|
> 11. | ,120946052.36 |
> +-------------------------+
>
> I think the points are "the contents of each row are in the same cell"
> and the double quotes of the second variable in my csv file.
>
>> From: n.j.cox@durham.ac.uk
>
>> No definition of "messy" here.
>>
>> My guess: By default your third variable will be -float- type and will
>> be assigned a format %8.0g. That wouldn't look exactly like the
> original
>> without resetting the format.
>>
>> Otherwise put: without specifying more information, you are in effect
>> _asking_ for Stata's default treatment in terms of storage types and
>> formats. So, the results shouldn't seem surprising.
>
> Jessie Grace
>
>> I have a .csv file, which consists of the following.
>>
>> Stkcd,Accper,A001101000
>> 000002,"1999-06-30",468010960.13
>> 000002,"2002-09-30",1166858479.70
>> 000002,"2000-01-01",772831829.15
>> 000002,"2000-06-30",911966043.54
>> 000002,"2000-12-31",995745160.05
>> 000002,"2009-03-31",26921921879.80
>> 000002,"1997-06-30",0
>> 000002,"1991-12-31",88628783.34
>> 000002,"1992-12-31",204653478.04
>> 000003,"1998-12-31",120946052.36
>>
>> The first row contains variables names. The characteristic of the file
>> is the contents of each row are in the same cell.
>> No matter I typed "insheet using firms.csv" or "insheet using
>> firms.csv,comma", the importing results are messy.
>> Could anyone tell me why and how to solve?
>
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