The variables must be in the same data file. For this
to make sense I think you need to -merge- the datasets.
Nick
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Alex Koltai5
>
> Sorry for a such a trivial question but I'm desperate.
>
> I want to correlate two variables which are stored in different
> data files (dat) in Stata.
>
> Eg. Data1.dat contains variable P1, Data2.dat contains the
> variable P2.
>
> How in the world do I do this in Stata?
>
> When I load one variable with "use 'Data1.dat'" and then save the
> variable that I'm interested in with "gen xy=p1", then if I load the
> other file the variable I saved (xy) gets deleted.
>
> This is annoying as hell. I hope a kind soul will help me with
> this trivial (but important to me) question.
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