Another approach might be to use the renpfix command, which renames (or removes the prefix) see -whelp renpfix-
Once the prefix is removed it is easy to reshape.
- Paul
----- Original Message -----
From: Michael Blasnik <[email protected]>
Date: Tuesday, April 25, 2006 5:55 pm
Subject: st: Re: reshape when the stub is at the beginning of the variables
> Check out the advanced syntax for reshape. I believe that you can
> specify
> the location of the "j" part of the variable names using the @
> symbol. I
> haven't used this option in a while, but I think you will need to
> specify
> that the j variable is a string and may need to use the atwl()
> option for
> the reshape xij line.
>
> reshape xij @SMOK
>
> Michael Blasnik
> [email protected]
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Carol Bao" <[email protected]>
> To: <[email protected]>
> Cc: <[email protected]>
> Sent: Tuesday, April 25, 2006 7:01 PM
> Subject: st: reshape when the stub is at the beginning of the
> variables
>
> > Hi, I am asking this for a friend:
> >
> > She has a data set in its wide form like this:
> >
> > ID Wave1 Wave2 Wave3 ASMOK BSMOK CSMOK
> > 1 0 1 1 . 1 0
> > 2 1 1 0 1 0 .
> >
> > Which reads: for person 1, he/she appears in wave 2
> > and wave 3 of the survey and reports to smoke in wave
> > 2 (BSMOK) and not smoke in wave 3 (CSMOK). For person
> > 2, he/she is interviewed in wave 1 and 2 but drops out
> > in wave 3 and reports to smoke in wave 1 and not in
> > wave 2.
> >
> > The question is, the stub for reshape into variable
> > SMOK appears at the beginning of the variables as A, B
> > and C respectively for three waves (all the other
> > variables as well). Is there any easier way to
> > reshape the data? Or any suggestions?
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Carol
>
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