Hi Michael, On Tuesday 22 September 2009, Michael Ash wrote: > I have used the import_spss template to write an import_stata module. > I changed the various options and flags from the read.spss() command > to the read.dta() options. So far it is working for me, although it > is possible that the code could be cleaned up. I'd be grateful for > feedback or suggestions and will make changes that are within my > limited programming capability. If the code is ok, maybe it can be > included in the next release.
many thanks for your contribution. This will be very useful to have. Looks good overall, but a few comments: 1) Could you construct a small sample stata file that we can use for testing? Ideally this would contain a number of variables of different types, with & without value labels, special missing values, etc. This is both to help us testing right now, and to create an automated test for your plugin, later (http://sourceforge.net/apps/mediawiki/rkward/index.php?title=Automated_Plugin_Testing). 2) I believe Stata also has support for variable labels? If so, then it would be nice to convert those labels to the RKWard format as is done in the import_spss plugin. (Be sure to include one or two variable labels in the sample file). 3) The <logic>-section still has references to the "use_label" checkbox from the import_spss plugin. Those should be cleaned up. Providing a sample file would really be especially helpful. 2) and 3) would be welcome additions, but if you get stuck, just let us know. Regards Thomas
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