January 2026 - EpiData-list - University of Manitoba Mailing Lists

Jumps in Epidata Entry
by epidata-list＠lists.umanitoba.ca 15 Jul '26

15 Jul '26

Dear list, I have two questions regarding Jumps in EpiData Entry. 1) I want to jump to variable v10 if de score for v8 is 1 to 7. Of course this works: v8 RANGE 1 9 COMMENT LEGAL USE oplcat JUMPS 1 v10 2 v10 3 v10 4 v10 5 v10 6 v10 7 v10 END MUSTENTER END Is a shorter syntax possible and if so, how? 2) Is it possible to make a jump defination that depends on the value entered in a previous question? For example: After entering the value for variable v5 I want to jump to v8 if the answer on question v3=1. Kind Regards, Pieter van Groenestijn The Netherlands

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fill fields from COMMENT LEGAL file
by epidata-list＠lists.umanitoba.ca 15 Jul '26

15 Jul '26

I'm studying the copydata example to learn how to extract several variables from a file identified in a COMMENT LEGAL statement. In A3.chk, the statement "TYPE COMMENT atransfer" appears. What is atransfer? I don't see where it has been defined as a variable and I don't find it as a system variable. Further, the program seems to be parsing the string in atransfer according to the position of punctuation. Where is the format of this string defined? Perhaps to be a bit more explicit: I have file with a list of CHWs: District, Village, CHW name and a survey conducted by the CHWs. As the data is entered for the survey, I'd like to present pick lists to facilitate entry. The data is quite strictly hierarchical: Villages occur within Districts, an CHWs live in villages. Thank you,

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New Epidata Analysis 3.3.0 for Linux does not work on the two Linux diatros
by EpiData support and user community 20 Jan '26

20 Jan '26

Caution! This message was sent from outside the University of Manitoba. Dear Jens, New Epidata Analysis 3.3.0 for Linux does not work on the following two Linux diatros. Linux Lite 6.4 BOSS 10 Linux. After going through a “Mandatory” tutorial, it get stuck. Following error is diplayed. An unhandled error occurred in the program! Please verify that the error can be reproduced. Report to the: EpiData-list (mail.....) and mail to info(a)epidata.dk<javascript:void(0);> Include most recent 5-10 lines of history in your report. I wish, if we can have a look at this issue. After hard work put in by Epidata Team for making this useful linux software, it should work. With regards, Dr. Shavinder Singh

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