Mata Matters: File Processing

Mata is Stata's matrix language. In the Mata Matters column, we show how Mata can be used interactively to solve problems and as a programming language to add new features to Stata. The subject of this column is using Mata to read into Stata datasets that are formatted difficultly, which involv...

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Published inThe Stata journal Vol. 9; no. 4; pp. 599 - 620
Main Author Gould, William
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Sage Publications, Inc 01.12.2009
Subjects
Analysis
Data structures
Electronic data processing
Identification and classification
Input-output analysis
Methods
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ISSN1536-867X
1536-8734
DOI10.1177/1536867X0900900407

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Abstract Mata is Stata's matrix language. In the Mata Matters column, we show how Mata can be used interactively to solve problems and as a programming language to add new features to Stata. The subject of this column is using Mata to read into Stata datasets that are formatted difficultly, which involves Mata's file processing and string processing capabilities.
AbstractList Mata is Stata's matrix language. In the Mata Matters column, we show how Mata can be used interactively to solve problems and as a programming language to add new features to Stata. The subject of this column is using Mata to read into Stata datasets that are formatted difficultly, which involves Mata's file processing and string processing capabilities. Keywords: pr0049, Mata, I/O, string processing, file processing, structures
Mata is Stata's matrix language. In the Mata Matters column, we show how Mata can be used interactively to solve problems and as a programming language to add new features to Stata. The subject of this column is using Mata to read into Stata datasets that are formatted difficultly, which involves Mata's file processing and string processing capabilities.
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Electronic data processing
Identification and classification
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