Note that this won't work, as -egen- never -replace-s.
If you did want to overwrite -Var3-,
egen temp = concat(Var1 Var2 Var3)
replace Var3 = temp
drop temp
Nick
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Robert A Yaffee
> Try egen Var3=concat(Var1 Var2 Var3)
Socrates Mokkas
> > I just want to put two or more strings in one even if
> > missing values exist. For example,
> >
> > obs Var1 Var2 Var3 Var3
> > 1 A B K ABK
> > 2 C C
> > 3 D ED BED
> >
> > I have Var1 and Var2 and want to create Var3.
> > Thanks a lot.
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