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Re: st: file name problem with stata2mplus
From
Anders Alexandersson <[email protected]>
To
[email protected]
Subject
Re: st: file name problem with stata2mplus
Date
Mon, 20 Dec 2010 10:29:06 -0500
Evelyn, I can reproduce the problem using Stata/SE 11.1 for Windows (32 bit).
The -stata2mplus- command is a user-written program by Michael
Mitchell. You may also want to consider the user-written command
-runmplus-.
There appears to be a small problem in -stata2mplus- on line 40 which,
I think, should read:
outsheet using "`using'.dat" , comma nonames nolabel `replace'
Your workaround was good because it was simple and it worked. You
should be able to rename directories (folders) and files without
having to use a USB stick.
Another workaround is to fix the code on line 40. If you do this, then
I suggest you also rename the program on lines 7 and 8 to something
else, for example to -stata2mplus2-, and add a comment at the top. You
would then use the modified program.
Anders Alexandersson
[email protected]
On Mon, Dec 20, 2010, Evelyn Ersanilli <[email protected]> wrote:
> I've been experiencing some problems with converting a file from Stata to Mplus using the 'stata2mplus' command
> The problem is that the command does not seem to accept spaces in the destination file/folder name.
> The normal Stata strategy of using quotation marks doesn't seem to work
> I've tried:
>
> stata2mplus using "C:\My Documents\Pilot 2" , replace
> invalid 'Documents'
> r(198);
>
> [...]
>
> I've found a work-around by putting the file on a USB stick so that I can lose the 'My Documents' part, but I feel that there must be a better way.
> Any suggestions?
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