Re: st: file name problem with stata2mplus

[Laura Gibbons <gibbonsl@u.washington.edu>]

I would hack the program.

Change line 40 to:

  outsheet using "`using'.dat" , comma nonames nolabel `replace'

-Laura

On Mon, 20 Dec 2010, Evelyn Ersanilli wrote:

> Dear Stata-listers
>
> 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);
>
> stata2mplus using  (C:\My Documents\Pilot 2)
> invalid 'C'
> r(198);
>
> . stata2mplus using  ``C:\My Documents\Pilot 2"
> invalid '`'
> r(198);
>
> . stata2mplus using  `C:\My Documents\Pilot 2"
> invalid 'C'
> r(198);
>
> . stata2mplus using  "C:\My Documents\Pilot 2"
> 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?
>
> Kind regards
>
> Evelyn
>
>
> Evelyn Ersanilli
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