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st: Re: importing quirky csv
From
Gordon Hughes <[email protected]>
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st: Re: importing quirky csv
Date
Fri, 25 Nov 2011 08:39:37 +0000
The suggestions posted in response to my query on "Conditional infile
statements" should help.
The best option is probably to read each line into a long string
variable and then use -split ..., gen(var) parse(,)
destring...-. But, nothing will save you from a great deal of pain
if the text strings contain embedded commas.
Gordon Hughes
[email protected]
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