Stata Import File - Troubleshooting

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I am having difficulty importing a CSV File into Stata. I have tried using the import delimited feature. Stata does not recognize the semi-colon separated data as separate data points. I also have access to a plain text file but I haven't had success with that either. Any suggestions?

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Solved this myself by converting all semicolons to commas in txt file. - user8553155
Good that you solved this, but in a programming forum you should show exact code used, not just discuss it. - Nick Cox

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I see that you've figured out a solution already, but did you specify "delimiters(";")" when you were using "import delimited"? Otherwise, Stata assumes the delimiters are commas.