Hi,
Just type
version 9
code follows here
.....
...
Cheers
rajesh
-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected]
[mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Michael McCulloch
Sent: 18 September 2008 17:36
To: [email protected]
Subject: RE: st: Comparing datasets
Sorry Rajesh, I don't know what is meant by putting v9 on top of the
do file! Michael
>Hi,
>Did you try putting version 9 on top of the do file and running it? it did
>not work for me on version 9 when I ran it as is. However, it did when I
put
>version 9 on top of the do file.
>Hth
>rajesh
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: [email protected]
>[mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Steven Samuels
>Sent: 18 September 2008 15:28
>To: [email protected]
>Subject: Re: st: Comparing datasets
>
>
>I haven't been following this thread, but in the past I had troubles
>after running statements like:
>
>tempfile t1
>save `t1', replace
>
>Technical support told me that "replace" should not be used when
>saving temporary files.
>
>-Steve
>
>On Sep 18, 2008, at 10:11 AM, Tim Wade wrote:
>
>> I'm not sure what the problem is, I tested this example in Stata 9.2,
>> and it seems to work there, as does this improved example based on
>> posts by David and Eva:
>>
>>
>> sysuse auto.dta, clear
>> tempfile auto
>> save "`auto'", replace
>> clear
>>
>> sysuse auto.dta, clear
>> drop make
>> tempfile auto2
>> save "`auto2'", replace
>> clear
>>
>> desc using "`auto'", varlist
>> local x `r(varlist)'
>>
>> desc using "`auto2'", varlist
>> local x2 `r(varlist)'
>>
>>
>> local diff2: list x - x2
>> di "`diff2'"
>>
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Sep 16, 2008 at 5:01 PM, Michael McCulloch <[email protected]>
>> wrote:
>>> Hi Tim,
>>> Is your example for Stata 10? When I try to reproduce your nifty
>>> example, I
>>> get:
>>> . save "`auto2'", replace
>>> invalid file specification
>>> r(198);
>>>
>>> Michael
>>>
>>>
>>>> There is probably a more elegant solution to this, but saving the
>>>> variable names in a local macro and comparing the macro lists might
>>>> work, e.g., :
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> . sysuse auto.dta, clear
>>>> (1978 Automobile Data)
>>>>
>>>> . preserve
>>>>
>>>> . drop make
>>>>
>>>> . tempfile auto2
>>>>
>>>> . save "`auto2'", replace
>>>> file C:\DOCUME~1\twade\LOCALS~1\Temp\ST_00000005.tmp saved
>>>>
>>>> . restore
>>>>
>>>> .
>>>> . local x
>>>>
>>>> . foreach var of varlist _all {
>>>> 2. local x "`x' " "`var'"
>>>> 3. }
>>>>
>>>> . di "`x'"
>>>> make price mpg rep78 headroom trunk weight length turn displacement
>>>> gear_ratio foreign
>>>>
>>>> .
>>>> . clear
>>>>
>>>> . use `auto2'
>>>> (1978 Automobile Data)
>>>>
>>>> .
>>>> . local x2
>>>>
>>>> . foreach var of varlist _all {
>>>> 2. local x2 "`x2' " "`var'"
>>>> 3. }
>>>>
>>>> .
>>>> .
>>>> . local diff2: list x - x2
>>>>
>>>> . di "`diff2'"
>>>> make
>>>>
>>>> .
>>>> end of do-file
>>>>
>>>> . Hope this helps, TIm
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Tue, Sep 16, 2008 at 1:22 PM, Raphael Fraser
>>>> <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>> Robert,
>>>>>
>>>>> The problem with cf2 & cf3 is that, they compare the variable
>>>>> VALUES.
>>>>> I intend to append the data and just want to ensure that the
>>>>> variable
>>>>> NAMES match and not the variable values.
>>>>>
>>>>> At present -append- offers no way to check this.
>>>>>
>>>>> Raphael
>>>>>
>>>>> On Tue, Sep 16, 2008 at 3:35 AM, Robert A Yaffee
>>>>> <[email protected]>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>>> Raphael,
>>>>>> Check out the compare cf2 and cf3 commands. The latter two
>>>>>> can be
>>>> found on the SSC archive.
>>>>>> Regards,
>>>>>> Robert
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Robert A. Yaffee, Ph.D.
>>>>>> Research Professor
>>>>>> Silver School of Social Work
>>>>>> New York University
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