Re: [Gretl-devel] minor csv import issue
On Fri, 16 Jan 2009, Sven Schreiber wrote:
I'm not sure if this is supposed to work or not, but in light of
the stress-testing of the release candidate I report the
following:
Gretl failed to recognize the dates in a csv file with monthly
data in the format 'yyyy-mm' (from the US Fed), where the first
observation is in April 1953...
That'll now work in CSV.
BTW, just a practical hint about a loosely related issue:
quarterly data files from the US BLS often have additional lines
with the annual aggregates which complicates the import...
Yes, I've seen that too. Command line tools to the rescue:
grep -v 'unwanted expr' foo > baz
Allin.