Was that a typo? You wrote:
> has the variables, from left to right, inc80 inc81 in82 ue80 ue81 ue82
> is it necessary that my command reads: "rehape long inc ue, ..." and
> not "reshape long ue inc, ..." ?
Note that in your list of variables in the dataset you include:
inc80
inc81
in82
but in the reshape command you refer to:
reshape long ue inc,
I assume the type is only in the e-mail message, but it is such a small
thing that sometimes only someone with fresh eyes can see it. Might
that typo be the problem?
Sam
On Wed, 9 Nov 2005, Jason DeBacker wrote:
> Hi all,
> I am having trouble reshaping a dataset with many variables. I am
> trying to reshape from wide to long. My wide dataset has 8432
> variables. 337 of these variables are repeated in 25 years. So I
> would like to make a long dataset with 344 variables.
>
> The error is that after listing what the j values are (the years in the
> dataset), Stata reports that it can't find my variables, although I can
> see that the variable it reports being unable to find is in the dataset
> in the data editor window.
>
> Is there any limit to the stub names one can use (I'm using Stata/SE
> 9)? What else could be the cause of this error? Is it necessary that I
> list my stub names in the same order they appear when looking at the
> dataset? E.g. in the "help reshape" example, if I have a dataset that
> has the variables, from left to right, inc80 inc81 in82 ue80 ue81 ue82
> is it necessary that my command reads: "rehape long inc ue, ..." and
> not "reshape long ue inc, ..." ?
>
> Thanks for your help.
>
> Sincerely,
> Jason DeBacker
>
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