Is this a way on stata to do "pdf-scrapping" data?

[Michael Duarte Goncalves]

Hi everyone,

I was wondering if on stata it is possible to extract data from pdf files.

I have a pdf with several hundred pages, and copying and pasting will be very painful. So I wanted to know if there's a way to extract the data I need.

If need be, I can put the pdf on which I'd like to do the extraction.
Thanks again for your help.

Best regards,
Michael

[Leonardo Guizzetti]

This isn't something I would care to attempt with Stata. I'm certain there are Python packages suited to this, which can be used to format data suitable for import into Stata, but the scraping should better be done elsewhere.

[Michael Duarte Goncalves]

Hi Leonardo Guizzetti,

Thank you so much for your reply!
I will have a look on Python then.

Thank you again for your prompt answer!
Lovely day.

Best,

Michael

[Jared Greathouse]

This may help

[Michael Duarte Goncalves]

Hi Jared Greathouse,

Thank you so much for this video. Indeed, it is very helpful.
Lovely day.

Best wishes,

Michael