Here is a solution that uses only official Stata commands:
forvalues f = 1/10 {
preserve
keep if inrange(_n, (`f'-1)*500 + 1, `f'*500)
save file_`f'
restore
}
On 10/20/06, Nick Cox <[email protected]> wrote:
-savesome- is one way to do it. -savesome-
is not awesome, but it will do.
You can do everything in one loop. For example,
forval i = 1/10 {
local first = 1 + 500 * (`i' - 1)
local last = `first' + 499
savesome var in `first'/`last' using file`i'
}
Nick
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Rajesh Tharyan
> I have a file with one variable and 5000 observations. Is
> there a way to
> create say 10 different files with 500 observations in each
> and serially
> number them . i.e the first file would contain obs 1/500, the
> next file
> would contain 501/1000 observations and so on.
>
> One option I had in mind was use savesome (a user written ado)
>
> For example
>
> savesome var in 1/500 using file1.dta
>
> but I am not sure how to automate the process..
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