check out the merge command:
merge postcode using areacodedataset
Michael Blasnik
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Sent: Tuesday, September 09, 2003 10:30 AM
Subject: st: How can I look up values from another dataset..?
> I have one dataset which includes the field postcode.
>
> I have a second dataset which contains just 2 columns: postcode and area
> code.
>
> I want to assign each observation in my first dataset to have an area code
> (using the postcode).
>
> If i were doing this in excel i could use the function "VLOOKUP",
> unfortunately there are so many postcodes that i would have to use 17
> worksheets for this exercise. Does anyone know how i could do this lookup
in
> Stata..?
>
> Thanks in advance
>
> Lucy
>
>
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>
> L C Morecroft
>
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