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Re: st: AW: import string variables
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Tyler Frazier <[email protected]>
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Re: st: AW: import string variables
Date
Fri, 28 May 2010 17:35:38 +0200
I found a trick, just put a character at the beginning of each column
in the first observation and then delete it afterwards
On Fri, May 28, 2010 at 5:33 PM, Tyler Frazier <[email protected]> wrote:
> but is this reliable? wouldnt there be some chance of error
>
> On Fri, May 28, 2010 at 5:29 PM, Martin Weiss <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>> <>
>>
>> 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
>>
>>
>> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
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>> [mailto:[email protected]] Im Auftrag von Tyler Frazier
>> Gesendet: Freitag, 28. Mai 2010 17:15
>> An: [email protected]
>> 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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