Hello Kyu
I've had that error happen when the variable name was something like "int",
which Stata reserves as a datatype indicator (for integer).
Just edit your Using dataset to have unique but non-threatening variable
names like v1, v2, v3, v4, etc and then use -renvars- once they're merged
with your master data.
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-----Original Message-----
From: Kyu S. Hahn [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Tuesday, May 11, 2004 12:38 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: st: problems with merge
Hello,
I am simplying trying to merge a data file (wide format) with the master
data set (long format). I have done this multiple times but I get the
following error message this time for whatever reason. Can someone tell me
what might be wrong? I suspect that it has to be something really simple.
merge serial using "C:\Documents and Settings\Kyu\My Documents\test1.dta"
int invalid varname
r(198);
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