Re: [Gretl-users] Problem with Excel files
On Sat, 6 Mar 2010, Henrique Andrade wrote:
When I try to open a excel file (.xls) the following error message
appears:
"First char of varname (0x0) is bad
(first must be alphabetical)
Please rename this variable and try again"
Apparently there's a NUL byte (0x0) in this XLS file where we're
expecting a variable name to start. Try exporting to CSV and
importing the CSV into gretl. If you'd like to send me the XLS
file I'll take a look.
Allin.