If you
save file2
for example, then a change to the
data in memory by (e.g.)
generate whatever = someexp
is _not_ reflected by a change to -file2.dta-
unless and until you make a subsequent -save-.
It amounts only to a change to the data
in memory.
Nick
[email protected]
Eric G. Wruck
> That doesn't sound right. You should send us some code so
> that we can better assist.
> >If you execute the commands
> >"save file1"
> >"save file2"
> >
> >and then proceed to make changes to file 2 (like generating
> >variables), are all these (subsequent) changes automatically made to
> >file1?
> >
> >I executed this series of commands and this seems to have
> happened to me.
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