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mjm6na
Calcite | Level 5 mjm6na
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SAS to STATA

Posted 02-06-2021 04:44 AM (1354 views)

Hello!

I have exported SAS data tables to Stata successfully. Unfortunately the value labels in SAS include special characters (such as "é" or "à"), which are not exported well in Stata. Is there a command to preserve these special characters in Stata? 

Many thanks

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mjm6na
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Re: SAS to STATA

Posted 02-06-2021 05:33 AM (1329 views)  |   In reply to mjm6na

My apologies for the vagueness. 

The special characters are in the labels in SAS.

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Kurt_Bremser
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Re: SAS to STATA

Posted 02-09-2021 03:47 AM (1191 views)  |   In reply to mjm6na

Before going any further, make sure that all your software components use the same encoding. If SAS uses UTF-8, set STATA to the same.

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