Re: data type convert

[ma yuanxin]

Dear all,
Thanks for advices.  I will make copy before the convertion.

Actually, I want to combine all the data (about 300,000 cases) in different files into one file,  but have the coding problem if use the numeric type data, so I choose string type data to avoid it

suggestion??


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[Richard Ristow]

At 07:37 AM 9/26/2006, ma yuanxin wrote:

>Actually, I want to combine all the data (about 300,000 cases) in
>different files into one file,  but have the coding problem if use the
>numeric type data, so I choose string type data to avoid it

Can you say what problem you're having? This doesn't sound usual.

If you're having problems because a variable is string in some files
and numeric in others, it might be better to convert them to numeric in
all files.

I'd be very surprised if changing the data types is your best solution.
Why does it seem that it helps at all?

-Onward, and good luck,
  Richard