February 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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Website down
by EpiData support and user community 05 Mar '26

05 Mar '26

Hello, I am getting started with epidata and trying to download a copy of epidata. However all of the website pages at epidata.dk redirect to https://www.webhosting.dk/DKK/mustcontactus.php?domain=epidata.dk& . Is there any alternative way to download epidata? Best Patrick

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select command in EpiData Analysis 3.3.0.0 r617
by EpiData support and user community 01 Feb '26

01 Feb '26

Caution! This message was sent from outside the University of Manitoba. Di 01 fév 2026 Bonsoir, I need to understand how to use the select command in EpiData Analysis 3.3.0.0 r617; I tried the following: .select Sexe<>"Inconnu" do; Selecting, please wait... (25951 of 26097 selected) Then: .freq Sexe; Sexe ──────────────── N ──────────────── Féminin 11973 Inconnu 146 Masculin 13978 ──────────────── Total 26097 ──────────────── The selection doesn’t apply to the database, even if the previous message said so; it’s unfortunate because further analysis of the data should apply to the selected records. I didn’t find explanations about select in the help file (how to apply it and how to cancel it); do you have some answers about this? Cordialement, Réjean Réjean Dion, M.D. Médecin-conseil en santé publique (maladies infectieuses) Laboratoire de santé publique du Québec (LSPQ), Institut national de santé publique du Québec (INSPQ) 20045, chemin Sainte-Marie, Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue (Québec) H9X 3R5 INSPQ Centre d'expertise et de référence en santé publique URL: http://www.inspq.qc.ca/ Professeur adjoint de clinique Département de médecine sociale et préventive (DMSP), École de santé publique de l’Université de Montréal (ESPUM) Membre actif Département de médecine préventive et de santé publique (DMPSP), Centre hospitalier de l’Université de Montréal (CHUM) Tél.: 514-457-2070 poste 2325 Fax: 514-457-6346 Courriel: rejean.dion(a)inspq.qc.ca

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