st: Re: running the same do-file but getting different results

[Kit Baum <baum@bc.edu>]

This can occur because of a many-to-many merge (see that heading in  
my book or Statalist archives). Try using uniqmaster, uniqusing or  
unique options on the merges as appropriate for your data. You will  
probably find that where you expect uniqueness to apply in one  
dataset or the other it will fail.

Kit

Kit Baum, Boston College Economics and DIW Berlin
http://ideas.repec.org/e/pba1.html
An Introduction to Modern Econometrics Using Stata:
http://www.stata-press.com/books/imeus.html


On Feb 10, 2008, at 2:33 AM, statalist-digest wrote:


> i have just noticed the following problem. I start Stata by clicking
> on the .dta file and run the series of do files and get some results.
> Now in the same session of Stata if I use -clear- and then read the
> data set again with -use- command and run the same set of do files I
> get some difference in results. The difference in result is mostly
> noticed for the -count- commands (with some complicated -if-
> conditions). Since the do files are large, I am not printing them in
> this mail. I would appreciate if some of you could throw some light on
> the problem if at least from some generic point. I am saying "from
> some generic point" because I can understand that with the above
> information it will be difficult to give a specific solution to my
> problem.
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