Hi everyone,

I want to read multiple fixed format-text files for multiple years into Stata. I have already read this message, but it was too complicated for me to follow. Can anyone guide me how can I read 18 text files with the names as follows: state05, state06, state07, state08. ....state22. The data in the text file is arranged as follows:

city name 1-2 (left most two digits)
blanks 3-14
item code 15-17
amount 18-29
survey year 30-31
year of data 32-33
origin 34-35

Any advice would be highly appreciated.

Ijaz