st: Import multiple excel sheets

[Michael Betz <betz.40@buckeyemail.osu.edu>]

Hi all,

I need to import many excel files that each have multiple worksheets and then append them. I have about 51 files that vary in the number of sheets each one has. They are named 'file1' file2' 'file3'...ect. Each sheet is named 'Unit' Unit1' 'Unit2'...ect (Note the first sheet doesn't have a number in its name). I've been thinking about the problem in the following manner, but got stuck because I'm not sure how to import the multiple sheets from each file when each file has a different number of sheets.

forvalues i=1/51{
	import excel "C:\Users\file`i'.xls", sheet("Unit") firstrow case(lower) clear
	if `i'>1 append using "mainfile"
	save "mainfile", replace
	}

Any thoughts?

Thanks,
Mike



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