Re: [Gretl-users] ODS importer
Allin Cottrell schrieb:
On Wed, 7 Nov 2007, Sven Schreiber wrote:
> Allin Cottrell schrieb:
>> It does not currently have handling for string-coded variables,
>> only numeric data. It should be able to extract time-series
>> information from dates/periods in the first column reasonably
>> well.
>>
> If you mean it doesn't read in the variable labels then I can
> confirm that. (Instead it generically names the variables as v1,
> v2, etc.)
No, I don't mean that, and with all the files I've tried
(admittedly, not a huge number) variable names have been read
correctly. If you could send me a copy of a file where the names
are not read, that would be helpful.
<just sent Allin a file off list where the top two rows are empty, the
third row holds the labels, and then the actual data start at row 4>
Actually, if I tell gretl to start reading at row 2 (instead of 3), I
get a strange error: 'sheet row 2, column 2("const"): expected date
string but found numerical value' (where the row-2/col-2-cell in fact is
empty).
thanks,
sven