Stata does not have cell alignment. If your data appears
right-aligned, this means that leading spaces were added. These spaces
are part of the "value" stored in the variable.
Regards,
Sergiy Radyakin
On 3/21/08, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I need to match merge two datasets, one data is a subset of the other
> data at the individual level and contains with extra variable fields.
> The data read into STATA without issue, including attached labels. By
> all appearances and formats, the variables in question are similar
> across the datasets. However, when I match merge on the list of
> individual-episode identifiers, no merge occurs. I have tried
> combinations and ordering the match merge variables to no effect. By
> the way, I do not get an error message. I just get _merge = 1 or 2 and
> not _merge = 3.
>
> The variables to match include: lastname, firstname, ssn, incidentdate
>
> I have read the manual and everything else I can find and nothing
> hints to me what may be wrong. Any suggestions. Is stata sensitive to
> left and right adjusted varables? Is there a problem if the data have
> been manipulated in Excel prior?
>
> Thank you for any help on this matter.
>
> BPM
>
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