st: Ignoring a reshape error

[James Fagg <j.fagg@qmul.ac.uk>]

Dear List,

I need to reshape from long to wide format, and have the following code 
and error.

reshape wide hid  ypsex yptlkm yptlkf yparg* wave ypest*  , i(pid) j(age12)

//age12 not unique within pid; there are multiple observations at the 
same age12 within pid.Type "reshape error" for a listing of the problem 
observations.

The following code sorts this out so that the reshape command works but 
I have to run the program up to the first reshape command and then run 
this code and on with the program. My question is, how do I write this 
sequence so that the error message is ignored by the program and 
rectified afterwards by the code below automatically? Simply replacing 
the relevant values before using any reshape command doesn't seem to 
work, i.e.replace age12...reshape wide..

reshape error
replace age12 = 13 in 6749
replace age12 = 14 in 6750
replace age12 = 15 in 6751
replace age12 = 12 in 9517
replace age12 = 12 in 10055
replace age12 = 11 in 10055
replace age12 = 12 in 10055
replace age12 = 13 in 10056
replace age12 = 14 in 10057
reshape error
reshape wide hid  ypsex yptlkm yptlkf yparg* wave ypest*  , i(pid) j(age12)

Thanks,

Jamie
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