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RE: st: RE: help expanding the dataset by n observations


From   "Nick Cox" <[email protected]>
To   <[email protected]>
Subject   RE: st: RE: help expanding the dataset by n observations
Date   Sun, 26 Nov 2006 16:57:03 -0000

Correct. Thanks for the fix. 

Nick 
[email protected] 

Scott Merryman
 
> (Also, in the second approach, I believe the -foreach- 
> statement would need
> to be written as:  foreach y of num 1983 1986 1989 1990 1993 
> 1994 1997 1998
> 2001/2004 { )
 
Nick Cox
 
> > (2) change of data shape.
> > 
> > (a) -reshape-
> > (b) new variables
> > (c) -reshape- back
> > 
> > egen id=group(county fip)
> > reshape wide vbl, i(id) j(year)
> > foreach y of num 1983 1986 1989 1990 1993 1994 1997 1998 2001-2004 {
> > 	gen vbl`y' = .
> > }
> > reshape long vbl, i(id) j(year)
> > drop id

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