Thank you. That worked. I didn't think of that.
Kyu
----- Original Message -----
From: "Wallace, John" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, May 11, 2004 12:52 PM
Subject: st: RE: problems with merge
> 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.
>
> Best Regards
> John Wallace | Research Associate | Test Method Development
> AFFYMETRIX, INC. | 3380 Central Expressway | Santa Clara, CA 95051 | Tel:
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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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