I would suggest using another program to convert the file into a more readerfriendly file type that can then be read back into stata or any other statistical computing software. Also the last stata update stata 16 supports python, so you can write a python code in stata. Highlight the data of interest, and then select edit and click copy. Put anything anywhere in excel without sweat stata daily. Using the stata auto dataset no need to use one of my own, in stata. The main issue is that 10 is not divisible by 3 so any max number i put as the value of the last level will be either 3. Oct 21, 2015 note that i told stata to modify my excel file. Before, you could insert string and numeric values into specific cells in worksheets. Start stata and open the data editor type edit at the stata dot prompt. New capabilities of putexcel in stata 14 let you format cells and fonts in excel. Click the button by cell range to tell stata to only read lines 214, and check import first row as variable names. Stata for windows, mac, and linux can now directly import and export microsoft excel files. Using the metadata and command files, system files are created which allow the user to perform extractions from the data file and make sense of the results. Combining putexcel with a stata commands stored results allows you to create.
Convert stata 1415 file into excel format data processing. Create an excel database when you open up microsoft excel, you will see a blank worksheet. Stata for windows, mac, and linux can now directly import data and export data and results to microsoft excel files. For those who or working with people who find comfort in working with tables in excel after data processing or estimation in stata yes, there are others who dont find comfort in this. The stata blog creating excel tables with putexcel, part 2. Put value labels into excel statalist the stata forum. We get the best of both worlds the putexcel set keeps the excel file open. How can i read data from multiple excel sheets in stata. A new feature in stata, putexcel, allows you to easily export matrices, expressions, and stored results to an. Hi, im looking for a way to access the value labels for a categorical variable, to export them into excel. Load the auto dataset, and run a tabulation on the variable foreign. Stata s tables are, in general, clear and informative. Unfortunately i dont have any other answers, but i will send my examples to stata tech support. You can also insert stata graphs and add cell formulas.
Stata is available on the pcs in the computer lab as well as on the unix system. In a previous blog entry, i talked about the new stata command putexcel and how we could use putexcel with a stata commands stored results to create tables in an excel file. The program can be installed by typing the following from the stata command window. Examples 17 generalize well for arbitrary variables, but i hardcoded the row and column totals for the variables sex and race in example 8. Click the button by cell range to tell stata to only read lines 2 14, and check import first row as variable names. Stata will be need to complete the empirical exercises in the problem sets. Useful stata commands 2019 rensselaer polytechnic institute. After the entry was posted, a few users pointed out two features they wanted added to putexcel. Stata is a command line statistical package with an intuitive syntax, highly used by economists and other social scientists. Aug 14, 2015 i found excel is good for quick and simple data storage, transfer, sorting on multiple items, or just simple visual analysis, but only on for relatively small number of variables and entries. Once in excel, select the table, copy it ctrlc or edit copy and paste it into the stata editor by clicking in the data editor icon mark by the red arrow below or by typing edit in the command window. The sheet option allows us top specify from which sheet of the spreadsheet we want to read, and by appending the data together, we can read data from multiple sheets.
I could have chosen a replace or a sheet replace option, if i needed to, too. This article will discuss esttab think estimates table by ben jann. Pdf to excel cannot be done if the pdf document is an image. It is useful when your data is on paper and needs to be typed in, or if your data is already typed into an excel spreadsheet. Spss makes it so easy to copy tables and graphs into another document. One of the easiest methods for getting data into stata is using the stata data editor, which resembles an excel spreadsheet. To illustrate how this is accomplished we have an excel file named hospital.
Stata 14 gives you much more control over how your results are formatted in excel than you had in stata. To import an excel file into spss, use the following steps. Stata output is difficult to copy and paste into word or excel. Enter data in rows and columns or read in a previously saved file. Dec, 2003 clarification of answer by joeyga on 14 dec 2003 11.
To convert tables of statistics into excel, either the full version of adobe is required, or specialized software such as pdf2excel. A practical introduction to stata harvard university. Hello i need to convert 1415 stata version file into excel format. The stata blog creating excel tables with putexcel, part 1. Now, you can format cells, format the contents of the cells, and even add graphs and formulas. Several stata users have written programs that create publicationquality tables. Here is a tutorial on how to import data from an excel file in stata 14. Text to columns in excel 2016 does not work like excel. What are the advantages of stata over excel and vice. Stata saves the workbook after every command such as xl. Not only is stata output difficult to format, you will probably need to run your code many times, and you wont want to repeat this step over and over again. Rating is available when the video has been rented. Statas output is spaceseparated, so i use text to columns in excel to tailor statistical tables. A blank excel worksheet is composed of a series of vertical columns, horizontal rows, and individual cells see figure 1.
Mcgovern harvard center for population and development studies geary institute and school of economics, university college dublin august 2012 abstract this document provides an introduction to the use of stata. For my first assignment using stata, i spent four or five hours trying to present my output in a professional form. By using do files, log files, and comments, stata provides a complete system for documenting your analysis in a way that is totally reproducible. Granted, excel files shouldnt be 40mb but we have them. Jan 31, 2020 stata is a command line statistical package with an intuitive syntax, highly used by economists and other social scientists. How to import excel file with multiple sheets into stata. However, they are not in the format or of the aesthetic quality normally used in publications. Before, you could insert string and numeric values. Recreating stata output in excel tables is easy with putexcel using returned scalars, macros, and matrices. Get stata 15 download free full version for windows and mac. Stata news, code tips and tricks, questions, and discussion.
A workbook holds all of your worksheets, and is simply another name for an excel file. In a previous blog entry, i talked about the new stata command putexcel and how we could use putexcel with a stata commands stored results to create tables in an excel file after the entry was posted, a few users pointed out two features they wanted added to putexcel retain a cells format after writing numeric data to it. Formatting excel tables from within stata stata news. Today we have shared stata 15 download free for all our viewers to download and use free of cost.
Id probably pick stata but im biased as i enjoy stata and am still learning r. What are the advantages of stata over excel and viceversa. I dont have a stata v1 file that i can try, but the following program implies it can convert stata files up to version 7. It has all types of regressions is very comfortable to use. Nov 29, 2015 stata 14 a cause for fanfare expanded statas abilities to format excel files. Hello together, what is the most efficient method to copy results table, tabstat etc. If you do however have the access to the data originally used then with new command available in stata, you can use the function putexcel command a more detailed description of the putexcel command can be found here stata press releasse on exporting tables to excel.
Paste data into editor by selecting edit and clicking paste. Throughout, bold type will refer to stata commands, while le names, variables names, etc. Clarification of answer by joeyga on 14 dec 2003 11. Hello i need to convert 14 15 stata version file into excel format. So i wrote a program called exceltable for my own use that creates excel tables. For example, you could use the r package haven to impor. The most creative method i heard about in class the next day was to copy the contents into excel, create page breaks, and then copy into word. Installation the program can be installed by typing the following from the stata command. The steps necessary, or useful, in combining microdata and metadata are listed below. To learn more about the stata data editor, see the edit module. Jul 19, 2014 for those who or working with people who find comfort in working with tables in excel after data processing or estimation in stata yes, there are others who dont find comfort in this. This is despite of the fact that substr turns into blue in the do file confirming that software has recognized it as a command.
Stata 15 is a complete software package that facilitates you with everything you need for data management and data analysis. Come to think of it, is there away to do that excel stuff import excel, twoway in the middle of my do file and then return to the previous state of my original dataset, i. Note that we are assuming here that the first row of each of the sheets contains the variable names, thus the option firstrow with the second import excel command that loads the excel sheet into memory. See using dates and times from other software in d datetime for a discussion of the relationship. A number of userwritten commands, such as outreg 1. Importing excel data into stata open the data you want to import in excel and select. You will have to download and install an excel odbc driver from microsofts website to work. We can then format the average response column as a percent. The stata blog creating excel tables with putexcel, part. This means that you can now easily export matrices, expressions, and stored results from stata to excel and control how they appear. If this is not the case, some cleaning may be required e. Putexcel used to alleviate this problem in stata, but only for numeric matrices. Retain a cells format after writing numeric data to it. Inputting your data into stata stata learning modules.
Examples 17 generalize well for arbitrary variables, but i hardcoded the row and column. Basics of stata this handout is intended as an introduction to stata. I know the do file code for importing one sheet in a file. The excel table looks similar to the output from tabulate. Ive only just started using stata for anything more advanced than simple regression commands, and im figuring things out as i go along, so id welcome any other remarks, like if there. Having some issues with importing an excel file with multiple sheets into stata.
Jan 24, 2017 the excel table looks similar to the output from tabulate. Openingsaving a stata datafile quick way of finding variables subsetting using conditional if stata color coding system from spsssas to stata example of a dataset in excel from excel to stata copyandpaste. What id like is for the question marks to refer to the value labels for age10 which are 4049, 5059 etc, so i can then use that excel file to make a graph. Excel files no longer have to be pretemplated before the dreaded export excel messes up your number formatting. Produce word and pdf documents embedding stata results and graphs it is now just as easy to produce word and pdf documents in stata as it is to produce excel worksheets. Take the stata matrix a, and write it into excel using column d row 14 as the upperleft cell for matrix a. Stata is a very good statistical software for people who are not familiar with coding, but are required to work with financial time series. Check out my previous post on block putexcel for working with very large excel files. Select excel files from the selection window and click on next.
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