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Re: st: Data reshape


From   "Tamazian, Artur" <[email protected]>
To   [email protected]
Subject   Re: st: Data reshape
Date   Wed, 08 Feb 2006 18:26:47 +0100

 Try the reshape command from long to wide and then rename the vars you need.


Mensaje citado por Nuno Soares <[email protected]>:

> Hi everyone,
>
> I need to manage some data that is in the following long form:
>
> id	NAME	VARIABLES_CODE	DATA		YEAR
> 1241	A	WC02999		394500	1990
> 1241	A	WC03351		264100	1990
> 1241	A	WC03255		78600		1990
> 1638	B	WC02999		232700	1990
> 1638	B	WC03351		79400		1990
> 1638	B	WC03255		0		1990
> 1917	C	WC02999		44595		1991
> 1917	C	WC03351		28399		1991
> 1917	C	WC03255		17506		1991
> 1241	A	WC02999		394500	1991
> 1241	A	WC03351		264100	1991
> 1241	A	WC03255		78600		1991
>
>
> I need to put it in the following form:
>
>
> id	NAME	WC02999	WC03351	WC03255	YEAR
> 1241	A	394500	264100	7860		1990
> 1638	B	232700	79400		0		1990
> 1917	C	44595		28399		17506		1991
> 1241	A	394500	264100	7860		1991
>
> Does anyone know a way of doing this? I've tried the reshape function but
> can't put it this way... I' also tried to break the file into several files
> according to the year of each observation but the problem persists...
> Thanks for any help!
>
> Cheers,
>
> Nuno
>
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