This is useful when we are switching between multiple Stata versions for many different commands.

Where # is version number and “command” is the specific command you want to run for the specific version specified.

Lastly, similar to the point above you can run single commands using an older version using version # : command.

Version 16 *When complete, return back to version I started with. Every command underneath the occurrence of “version #” will be run in compliance with Stata#, where # was specified in “version” command The “version” command is treated as an umbrella term. Where # is the version of Stata you want following commands to be run under. To run a bunch of commands with earlier Stata syntax, use “version #”.

Note: An asterisk “*” in Stata and in this FAQ denote a comment, Stata does not interpret these. Version *output will be version 16, Stata16 is most recent version on CCSS-RS servers. First, only typing “version” into command prompt will output current Stata version in use.The version command was added for Stata14. You can use “version” to run Stata commands of a specific version. Stata is backwards compatible however, command syntax for a previous version of Stata may not be identical to that of a newer version. This will be talked about more later on in this FAQ. Note: I included the “version(#)” option at the end of the “saveold” command. To save to an older version you must open data in Stata11 and use saveold again to go to an earlier version. Important: Stata15 can only save back to version 11. Using the “saveold” command.Įxample: My data is of version 15, but I want to save the data so I can use it in Stata11. If STATA/IC 13 is not able to open or manipulate your dataset owing to the fact that it has too many variables/independent variables you must request access. You can save to older versions of Stata.Where # is the version of Stata that your data was created in.Įxample: My data is of version 13, but I want to load this data into version 10. You can load the new Stata version data set into the old one with “use#”.

There are 2 options to load newer Stata data sets into an older version of Stata. Meaning Stata15 can read Stata14 data, Stata11 can read Stata10 data, Stata12 has same form as Stata11, but Stata15 can not read Stata11, because 15 and 11 are more than 1 version apart. Stata’s backwards compatibility works for 1 version away. Newer versions of Stata can read older versions but that is not the case for older Stata dealing with newer versions.

Stata 13 datasets