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| From | Sergiy Radyakin <serjradyakin@gmail.com> |
| To | "statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu" <statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu> |
| Subject | Re: st: outsheet and insheet |
| Date | Fri, 6 Dec 2013 01:03:06 -0500 |
Go by the book, use the -import delimited- command with the stringcols(_all) option: http://www.stata.com/stata13/importing-and-exporting-text-delimited-data/ Best, Sergiy Radyakin On Fri, Dec 6, 2013 at 12:24 AM, rasool.bux <rasool.bux@aku.edu> wrote: > Dear Statalist, > > I have variables with multiple response codes in string variables. When I use outsheet with comma option and then use the insheet command again it converts the type of variables from string to numeric and omits the leading zeros from the values. > > Example: > > +------------------------+ > | var1 var2 | > |------------------------| > 1. | 01-001-1-01 01001101 | > 2. | 01-018-3-02 01018302 | > 3. | 01-018-5-01 01018501 | > 4. | 01-019-1-02 01019102 | > 5. | 11-274-1-01 11274101 | > |------------------------| > 6. | 11-275-1-01 11275101 | > 7. | 09-002-1-01 09002101 | > 8. | 09-013-1-02 09013102 | > 9. | 09-019-2-01 09019201 | > +------------------------+ > > . desc > ------------------------------------------------------------- > storage display value > variable name type format label variable label > ------------------------------------------------------------- > var1 str11 %11s > var2 str8 %9s > ------------------------------------------------------------- > > . outsheet using "tmp.csv", comma > > . insheet using "tmp.csv", comma > (2 vars, 9 obs) > > . list > > +------------------------+ > | var1 var2 | > |------------------------| > 1. | 01-001-1-01 1001101 | > 2. | 01-018-3-02 1018302 | > 3. | 01-018-5-01 1018501 | > 4. | 01-019-1-02 1019102 | > 5. | 11-274-1-01 11274101 | > |------------------------| > 6. | 11-275-1-01 11275101 | > 7. | 09-002-1-01 9002101 | > 8. | 09-013-1-02 9013102 | > 9. | 09-019-2-01 9019201 | > +------------------------+ > > . desc > ------------------------------------------------------------- > storage display value > variable name type format label variable label > ------------------------------------------------------------- > var1 str11 %11s > var2 long %12.0g > --------------------------------------------------- > > Is there any way to handle this kind of issue? Or there any option to retain the original type by using insheet. > > Thanks & regards > Rasool Bux > > ________________________________ > > This e-mail may contain information that is privileged or confidential. If you are not the intended recipient, please delete the e-mail and any attachments and notify us immediately. > > > * > * For searches and help try: > * http://www.stata.com/help.cgi?search > * http://www.stata.com/support/faqs/resources/statalist-faq/ > * http://www.ats.ucla.edu/stat/stata/ * * For searches and help try: * http://www.stata.com/help.cgi?search * http://www.stata.com/support/faqs/resources/statalist-faq/ * http://www.ats.ucla.edu/stat/stata/