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What is the difference btw your dataset and the one I made up on the fly?
Because with mine, Phil`s solution leads to the correct result:
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clear*
input str10 field str5 cat order
namea A 1
nameb B 2
namec F 5
named T 12
end
compress
list, noobs
qui{
gen value = cat + string(order)
keep field value
sxpose, clear force firstnames
}
l, noo
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HTH
Martin
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Gesendet: Dienstag, 19. Mai 2009 03:19
An: [email protected]
Betreff: Re: st: from value to varnames
nope -- Nick's -sxpose- gives me variables with varnames _var1, etc --
which is of no use; sorry for not mentioning that I had already tried it
Rich
Phil Schumm wrote:
> On May 18, 2009, at 3:40 PM, Richard Goldstein wrote:
>> I have a data set with 3 variables: field, cat, order; there are 258
>> observations
>>
>> I want the 258 observations in field to be 258 variables where the
>> name of the value in field becomes the new variable name; I want to
>> keep the associated values of the other two fields
>>
>> For example, say that the first observation has the following values:
>>
>> field cat order
>> namea A 1
>>
>> I want a new set of variables such that I have a variable called
>> "namea" and I still have cat (of "A") and order (of "1") -- but
>> remember that I should now have 258 variables--cat and order can be
>> joined as the value for each variable; thus, for the example above,
>> the first variable (namea) would now have the value "A1"
>
>
> If you're interested in an off-the-shelf routine, then Nick's -sxpose-
> will do the trick:
>
> gen value = cat + string(order)
> keep field value
> sxpose, clear force firstnames
>
> -- Phil
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