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Importing a CSV file with double quotes in the data into Stata
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stata-import-delimited.do
// Reading CSV data into Stata is sometimes complicated by the presence of double quotes.
// The import delimited command often provides the solution:
import delim "data.csv", clear delim(",") varn(1) charset("utf8")
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