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  • Greek letters in the data

    Hi all,

    I'm trying to import a dataset with string variables containing Greek characters. I'm using Stata 14.1. The raw data is saved in a .txt file and the Greek letters are readable in the .txt file. The code is:

    Code:
    import delimited "dataset.txt", clear
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    You can see below what the data looks like from within Stata.

    My understanding from this post is that Stata 14 should be able to support Greek characters.

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  • #2
    Code:
    clear
    import delimited "http://www.radyakin.org/statalist/2018/greek.txt", encoding(utf8) varnames(1)
    list
    produces:
    Code:
         +--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
         |   name                                                                            sentence |
         |--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
      1. | Leonid                  Ο Λεωνίδα ήταν ένας από τους μεγαλύτερους μαχητές όλων των εποχών. |
      2. |  Helen   Η Ελένη ήταν μια από τις πιο όμορφες γυναίκες που περπατούσαν ποτέ σε αυτή τη Γη. |
         +--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+

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    • #3
      Thank you very much Sergiy Radyakin. The correct encoding ended up being utf16, since all the letters were in capitals in the raw .txt file, i.e.

      Code:
      clear
      import delimited "dataset.txt", encoding(utf16)
      Thanks again!

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