Otherwise, the ames produced by both functions are identical. Since newer Stata files require some additional attributes, the results of all.equal() and identical() will be FALSE for ames read by foreign::read.dta and read.dta13(). Most attributes of the resulting ame are largely similar to the ames produced by foreign. Read some meta data (timestamp, dataset label, formats.) Read the new strL strings and save them as attributeĬonvert stata label to factors and save them as attribute Saving dta files to disk - most features of the dta file format are supported Answer (1 of 3): Hey There I would suggest using another program to convert the file into a more reader-friendly file type that can then be read back into STATA or any other statistical computing software. Reading data files from disk or url and create a ame Working with strL variables is now a lot faster Test for NaN and inf values while writing missing values and replace with NAĬonvert non-integer variables to factors ( nonint.factors=T) Save NA values in character vector as empty stringĬonvert.underscore=T will convert all non-literal characters to underscores Restrict length of varnames to 32 chars for compatibility with Stata 14Īvoid converting of double to floats while writing compressed files Patch by luke-m-olsonįix valgrind errors. Bug reported by Yiming (Paul) Liįix saving characters containing missings. Patch by Giovanni Righiįixed size of character length. Generate unique factor labels to prevent errors in factor definitionĬheck interrupt for long read. Statas YouTube channel is the perfect resource for new users to Stata, users wanting to learn a new feature in Stata, and professors looking for aids in teaching with Stata. New function () to show all Stata label setsįix check for duplicate labels and in set.lang()

New feature: collect warnings from read.dta13Īllow reading only pre-selected variables New feature: improved handling of time and date formats In the past, unwanted conversions to integer type could occur.įix encoding issues in variable and data labels The findit command has become superflous starting in Stata 13. Devtools ::install_github( 'sjewo/readstata13 ', ref = 'testing ') Changelog and Features Versionįix sortlist attribute for dta format 119įix compress option. Getting to know the strings in your dataset.

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