Hi,
Put version 9 on top of eva's program and run it. It will work
rajesh
-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected]
[mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Michael McCulloch
Sent: 17 September 2008 01:13
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: st: Re: Comparing datasets
This looks very useful. If I run the example and neither dropped
variable are reported by the program, what does that mean? I'm using
v9.2.
>If you use -cf- you have to use it in both directions, to be on the
>safe side. However, -cf- compares all values as well, which will
>clutter the output considerably if these are actually two different
>datasets with the same variable names.
>
>Here is a way to avoid this problem. The example uses the auto data.
>
>****
>sysuse auto, clear
>drop foreign
>save myauto1
>sysuse auto, clear
>drop price head
>save myauto2
>
>qui ds
>local second `r(varlist)'
>
>use myauto1, clear
>qui ds
>local first `r(varlist)'
>
>foreach x of local first {
> if strpos("`second'","`x'") == 0 {
> di in yellow "`x' is not present in the second file."
> }
>}
>
>foreach x of local second {
> if strpos("`first'","`x'") == 0 {
> di in yello "`x' is not present in the first file."
> }
>}
>
>erase myauto1.dta
>erase myauto2.dta
>************************
>
>Eva
>
>2008/9/15 Martin Weiss <[email protected]>:
> > -h cf-
> >
>> Martin Weiss
>> _______________________
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Raphael Fraser"
>> <[email protected]>
>> To: <[email protected]>
>> Sent: Monday, September 15, 2008 10:42 PM
>> Subject: st: Comparing datasets
>>
>>
>>> I have 300 variables in one dataset, 298 in another dataset. Both
>>> datasets should have the same variable names. How can I identify which
>>> variables do not match up?
>>>
>>> Raphael
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