st: AW: import string variables

["Martin Weiss" <martin.weiss1@gmx.de>]

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You can always -tostring- once they have been imported into Stata.
-tostring- also takes a -format()- option if you want the leading null.



HTH
Martin


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[mailto:owner-statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu] Im Auftrag von Tyler Frazier
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Betreff: st: import string variables

I am having a terrible time to import string variables to Stata -- I
have tried every which way that seems possible -- txt, excel, access,
but none of them seem to work. they all convert the numbers to text.

the variables are in this format 02   050   005   010   etc etc

any suggestions?

thanks,
Ty
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