Dear Listers,
I need to connect a lot of files together by using the command "append
using". Those files all contain the same six variables, but different
numbers of observations. Some contain 0 observations. I also need to delete
some observations in some conditions. For the zero-observation files, surely
i deleted zero observation by using "drop if condition", but stata replied
"-1 observations deleted". This is something easily be misunderstood. My
question is, why stata not report "0 observation deleted".
another question is also related to zero-observation files. there is a
variable named date, and i need to sort obs. decendingly. If i use
"gsort -date", there is an error, but if i use the following commands, it
works well:
gen n_date = -date
gsort n_date
drop n_date
this seems rather stupid since we have a command "gsort -varname"
can stata co. upgrade the gsort command?
Thanks a lot
Lee Chuntao
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