st: Fwd: lookup in second dataset

[Kit Baum <baum@bc.edu>]

Bayard asked:

> Hi, I'm a new Stata user with a merge problem.
>
> I have one data set (call it A) with a variable that needs to be 
> defined in
> terms of the observations in a second data set (B). I don't know if 
> this can
> be done with a single command or if it needs to be programmed.
> Basically, B is a lookup table. I need to lookup the contents of an A 
> var in
> B, and return the value of a different B var corresponding to the same 
> data
> point.
please see

http://www.stata.com/support/faqs/data/characteristics.html

Kit

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