--- "FUKUGAWA, N." <[email protected]> wrote:
> I compute summation of one variable as follows.
>
> . table AREA YEAR, c(sum var1) by(CAT) format(%8.0f)
>
> | 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991
> 1 | 4 32 7 6 17 44 46 34 5
> 2 | 10 8 2
>
> 3 | 14 4 7
>
>
> By default, cell is left blank if no observation is found (for
> instance, YEAR==1983 and AREA==2).
> I would like to avoid blank cells in the table and have a table
> as follows.
>
> | 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991
> 1 | 4 32 7 6 17 44 46 34 5
> 2 | . . . 10 . 8 2 . .
> 3 | . . 14 4 . . . 7
> .
>
A combination of -collapse- and -fillin- might be helpful here, like in
the example below:
*------------begin example------------
sysuse auto, clear
collapse price mpg
list
fillin rep78 foreign
list
*-------------end example-------------
HTH,
Maarten
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Maarten L. Buis
Department of Social Research Methodology
Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Boelelaan 1081
1081 HV Amsterdam
The Netherlands
visiting adress:
Buitenveldertselaan 3 (Metropolitan), room Z434
+31 20 5986715
http://home.fsw.vu.nl/m.buis/
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