Comments on: Dealing with unhelpful .csv files http://enoriver.net/index.php/2009/01/16/dealing-with-unhelpful-csv-files/ computing for fun and profit Wed, 18 Apr 2012 00:10:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Gabi Huiber http://enoriver.net/index.php/2009/01/16/dealing-with-unhelpful-csv-files/comment-page-1/#comment-31897 Gabi Huiber Thu, 26 May 2011 14:13:16 +0000 http://enoriver.net/?p=485#comment-31897 It works most of the time, you're right. It's even smart enough to ignore things like currency symbols and comma thousand separators, if instructed. But sometimes there's more garbage thrown in with the numbers. In such cases, before you can do "destring, replace" you must do some regex cleanup. Thanks for writing. I had forgotten about this post. It works most of the time, you're right. It's even smart enough to ignore things like currency symbols and comma thousand separators, if instructed. But sometimes there's more garbage thrown in with the numbers. In such cases, before you can do "destring, replace" you must do some regex cleanup. Thanks for writing. I had forgotten about this post.

]]> By: Matt http://enoriver.net/index.php/2009/01/16/dealing-with-unhelpful-csv-files/comment-page-1/#comment-31843 Matt Thu, 26 May 2011 03:48:45 +0000 http://enoriver.net/?p=485#comment-31843 For the conversion to string variables, doesn't just "destring, replace" work? - not a stata user For the conversion to string variables, doesn't just "destring, replace" work?

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