How to import csv data where some observations are on two rows

Question

I have a dataset with a couple million rows. It is in csv format. I wish to import it into Stata. I can do this, but there is a problem - a small percentage (but still many)

Answer 1

I would try the following strategy.

1. Import as a single string variable.
2. Count commas on each line and combine following lines if lines are incomplete.
3. Delete redundant material.

The comma count will be

length(variable) - length(subinstr(variable, ",", "", .))