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Support for Stata 18
Stata 18 is out and it ships two new file formats
- https://www.stata.com/help.cgi?dta_120
- https://www.stata.com/help.cgi?dta_121 (for more than 32k variables)
The clue appears to be something Stata calls alias
variables. Though the dta
help is a bit scarce in regard of these variables. The file format should be identical to 118/119 aside from the alias variable, therefore it might be enough to simply treat 118 like 120 and 119 like 121:
Stata
typ meaning Description
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65525 alias reference to variable in another frame
It might be some kind of memory pointer or external reference similar to an obnoxious spreadsheet software, but either it is not (yet) documented or I'm simply missing it.
[Edit:] https://www.stata.com/new-in-stata/alias-variables-across-frames/ [Edit2:] https://www.stata.com/help.cgi?fralias