文章2021_01_05_stata15在mac上的dta编码问题和系统crash

stata15

macos 10.15.3

问题：无法unicode中文的dta数据，unicode invalid option时，出现系统crash

解决： 值标签损坏导致的crash, 区分标签和内容分别转码。

https://www.statalist.org/forums/forum/general-stata-discussion/general/1488060-stata-15-crashes-when-using-unicode-translate

We have two users reporting the similar issue. Both are caused by the original dataset contains corrupted value label(s). The dataset works fine when the particular value label(s) are not used. But when -unicode translate- or other Stata commands try to use the corrupted value label(s), it will potentially crash Stata. 

To work around it, you may do the following, 
 

Code:

// I use test.dta as an example

// first we would like to save all value labels in test.dta t