[Limdep Nlogit List] Data importing issue "please help"

[Zhuo Shuaihe]

Try to use another software Stat/Transfer to onvert the data into Limdep format. I always do that instead of importing. 

--- On Wed, 9/30/09, Barry Quinn <b.quinn at qub.ac.uk> wrote:

> From: Barry Quinn <b.quinn at qub.ac.uk>
> Subject: [Limdep Nlogit List] Data importing issue "please help"
> To: "limdep at limdep.itls.usyd.edu.au" <limdep at limdep.itls.usyd.edu.au>
> Date: Wednesday, September 30, 2009, 2:56 PM
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> Hi,
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> 
> I have been trying for a long time to import data but, with
> little complete success.
> 
> 
> 
> 1)      When using a .xls format Limdep
> ALWAYS gives message “NLOGIT has encountered a problem and
> needs to close”
> 
> 2)      When using .txt or .csv files and
> going through the command window using the following
> command
> 
> Read ; Nobs=2519 ;Nvar=82
> ;names=marka,id,DV,year,t,neglng1,lng2,lng3,lng4,lng5,lnx1,lnx2,lnx3
> 
> ,lnb,lnbd,lng2sq,lng3sq,lng4sq,lng5sq,lnx1sq,lnx2sq,lnx3sq,lnbsq,lnbdsq,lng2lng3,lng2lng4,
> 
> lng2lng5,lng3lng4,lng3lng5,lng4lng5,lng2lnx1,lng2lnx2,lng2lnx3,lng3lnx1,lng3lnx2,lng3lnx3,
> 
> lng4lnx1,lng4lnx2,lng4lnx3,lng5lnx1,lng5lnx2,lng5lnx3,lng2lnb,lng3lnb,lng4lnb,lng5lnb,
> 
> lng2lnbd,lng3lnbd,lng4lnbd,lng5lnbd,lnx1lnx2,lnx1lnx3,lnx1lnb,lnx1lnbd,lnx2lnx3,lnx2lnb,
> 
> lnx2lnbd,lnx3lnb,lnx3lnbd,t1,t2,t3,t4,t5,t6,t7,lnta,a,b,c,d,e,f,g,h,i,roa,roe,CI,emps,brhs,offBS
> 
> ;file="C:\Documents and Settings\Barry\My Documents\My
> Dropbox\cooperative banks\limdep.txt"$
> 
> 
> 
> Received this output message
> 
> “Last observation read from data file was   
> 2503”
> 
> or for .csv “Last observation read from data file
> was    2504”
> 
> 
> 
> 
> The data set has been created in stata and exported to
> excel then saved in the required format.
> 
> 
> Why would Limdep not read all the observations??? The data
> set has no missing values and there is no string or text
> data  included!
> 
> 
> 
> I would really appreciated any advice you can give....
> 
> 
> 
> Kind regards
> 
> 
> 
> Barry Quinn
> 
> 
> 
> 
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