st: merge and char

From	David Kantor <[email protected]>
To	[email protected]
Subject	st: merge and char
Date	Mon, 06 Dec 2004 15:45:17 -0500

Hi everyone.

I noticed that -merge- brings in characteristics from the using file. Is there are way to stop that?

I do know that you can do -merge ..., nonotes-. Is there something similar for characteristics?

Thanks,
-- David

David Kantor
Institute for Policy Studies
Johns Hopkins University
[email protected]
410-516-5404

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