*****1. CLASS ONE, WEEK ONE. INTRO TO STATA************
help operators

**log files
**starting, stopping and modifying log files
log using log24
//start Stata session by starting a new log file

sysuse auto, clear
summarize

*we are done, stop log file
log close

**open it again
view log24
**translating log file into other text editor
translate log24.smcl log24.log

**if you want to continue writing into the same log file, use the option 'append'
log using log24, append

***HOW TO LOAD AND IMPORT DATA IN STATA************
** no back button in Stata!!!
use "C:\Users\Aki\Documents\auto2.dta", clear
//opening a Stata file from computer

use http://www.stata.com/examples/simple.dta
//using some data from Internet (.dta file)

**Stata training files
sysuse dir

**opening an auto training file from Stata sysuse directory
sysuse auto, clear

***importing data from Excel
import excel "C:\Users\Aki\Documents\smoke.xls", sheet("Sheet1") firstrow clear