help openall
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Title

    openall -- Open many data sets by appending them


Syntax

        openall [files], [directory(string)] [storefilename(string)]
                 [insheet]


Description

    openall clears the currently active dataset, then appends together all
    the files specified.


Options


files specifies the files to append together.  The extension (e.g. ".dta") shou
> ld not be specified.  Wildcards (e.g. *) are acceptable.  If not present, def
> aults to all Stata data files (.dta) in the current directory, or all .csv fi
> les if insheet is specified.

directory specifies the directory the files are located in.  If not present, de
> faults to the current directory (see pwd).

storefilename specifies a variable to hold the filename from whence each observ
> ation came.

insheet specifies that the files to be read in are in CSV format.

Examples


openall pop_US* pop_CA*, directory(c:/data/) storefilename(file)

openall sheet*, directory(c:/data/) insheet