Stata：导入带有不一致分隔符的 .txt

Question

我有一个带有相对奇怪的分隔符的 .txt 文件。数据看起来像这样：

|ABC4|,|Name1|,|NameRaw1|,|y|,|XY1|,10000.0,|     |,|FOURTH QUARTER REPORT|,||
|ABC5|,|Name2, extraname|,|NameRaw2|,,|XY2|,266539.0,|pac  |,|MID-YEAR REPORT|,||
|ABC6|,|Name3|,|NameRaw3|,|y|,|X,Y3|,60000.0,|name |,|YEAR-END REPORT|,|XYZ|

因此存在一些变量没有任何管道的问题，例如这里的第六个变量，这只是一个没有管道的数量，并且某些变量只有在它们为空时才没有管道，就像这里的第四个变量 ,, 或,|y|,。有些变量也有逗号，所以我不能用逗号作为分隔符。所以基本上有两个问题：

1. 分隔符是逗号，但逗号也会显示在字符串值中
2. 有些变量在管道内，有些不在，有些只有在它们不为空时才存在

我正在寻找一种在 Stata 中解决此问题的方法。有人知道怎么做吗？

Answer 1

如果完整的数据集比这个例子更混乱，我真的不想知道。但这似乎有点道理。

* Example generated by -dataex-. To install: ssc install dataex
clear
input str100 whatever
"|ABC4|,|Name1|,|NameRaw1|,|y|,|XY1|,10000.0,|     |,|FOURTH QUARTER REPORT|,||"
"|ABC5|,|Name2, extraname|,|NameRaw2|,,|XY2|,266539.0,|pac  |,|MID-YEAR REPORT|,||"
"|ABC6|,|Name3|,|NameRaw3|,|y|,|X,Y3|,60000.0,|name |,|YEAR-END REPORT|,|XYZ|"
end

gen work = whatever
replace work = subinstr(work, ",,", ",||,", .)

forval j = 1/5 {
    gen work`j' = substr(work, 1, strpos(work, "|,") + 1)
    replace work = subinstr(work, work`j', "", 1)
}

gen work6 = substr(work, 1, strpos(work, ","))
replace work = subinstr(work, work6, "", 1)

forval j = 7/8 {
    gen work`j' = substr(work, 1, strpos(work, "|,") + 1)
    replace work = subinstr(work, work`j', "", 1)
}

gen work9 = work  
drop work 

forval j = 1/9 { 
    replace work`j' = trim(subinstr(work`j', "|", "", .)) 
    replace work`j' = substr(work`j', 1, length(work`j') - 1) if substr(work`j', -1, 1) == ","
}

list 

    +-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
  1. |                                                                          whatever |
     |    |ABC4|,|Name1|,|NameRaw1|,|y|,|XY1|,10000.0,|     |,|FOURTH QUARTER REPORT|,|| |
     |-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
     | work1  |            work2  |    work3  |  work4  |  work5  |     work6  |  work7  |
     |  ABC4  |            Name1  | NameRaw1  |      y  |    XY1  |   10000.0  |         |
     |-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
     |                              work8              |              work9              |
     |              FOURTH QUARTER REPORT              |                                 |
     +-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------+

     +-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
  2. |                                                                          whatever |
     | |ABC5|,|Name2, extraname|,|NameRaw2|,,|XY2|,266539.0,|pac  |,|MID-YEAR REPORT|,|| |
     |-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
     | work1  |            work2  |    work3  |  work4  |  work5  |     work6  |  work7  |
     |  ABC5  | Name2, extraname  | NameRaw2  |         |    XY2  |  266539.0  |  pac    |
     |-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
     |                              work8              |              work9              |
     |                    MID-YEAR REPORT              |                                 |
     +-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------+

     +-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
  3. |                                                                          whatever |
     |      |ABC6|,|Name3|,|NameRaw3|,|y|,|X,Y3|,60000.0,|name |,|YEAR-END REPORT|,|XYZ| |
     |-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
     | work1  |            work2  |    work3  |  work4  |  work5  |     work6  |  work7  |
     |  ABC6  |            Name3  | NameRaw3  |      y  |   X,Y3  |   60000.0  |  name   |
     |-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
     |                              work8              |              work9              |
     |                    YEAR-END REPORT              |                XYZ              |
     +-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------+