Gentlemen, thank you very much for these quick answers. -ds- seems to
do a very fine job, a real hidden gem, as Martin wrote. (and yes, I'm
aware that I'm replacing the original dataset.)
Thanks again,
AC
On Mon, Aug 17, 2009 at 3:49 PM, Martin Weiss<[email protected]> wrote:
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> On -ds- also see http://www.stata-journal.com/article.html?article=dm0040
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>
> Are you sure you want to -replace- the original dataset with the -collapse-d
> one? Seems to me that is what you are doing in the line - save, replace -
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>
>
> HTH
> Martin
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>
> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
> Von: [email protected]
> [mailto:[email protected]] Im Auftrag von Scott Merryman
> Gesendet: Montag, 17. August 2009 15:47
> An: [email protected]
> Betreff: Re: st: local containing (all) variables' names in a dataset
>
> You can use macro list. See -help macrolists-
>
> For example:
>
> . sysuse auto ,clear
> (1978 Automobile Data)
>
> . ds
> make mpg headroom weight turn
> gear_ratio
> price rep78 trunk length displacement
> foreign
>
> . local a = r(varlist)
>
> . local b make rep78
>
> . local c:list a - b
>
> . disp "`c'"
> price mpg headroom trunk weight length turn displacement gear_ratio foreign
>
>
> Scott
>
>
> On Mon, Aug 17, 2009 at 8:38 AM, Augusto Cadenas
> <[email protected]> wrote:
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>> Dear statalisters,
>>
>> I have to collapse a series of datasets and I would appreciate your
>> help. The issue is that these datasets have different variables, but
>> always the same variable by which I want to collapse. So I have to run
>> the following command:
>>
>> collapse (mean) id (sum) [all other variables here], by(name)
>>
>> And I would like to embed this in a foreach loop of the type
>>
>> local datasets `"dataset1 dataset2 dataset3"'
>> foreach X of local datasets {
>> use `X', clear
>> collapse (mean) id (sum) [all other variables here], by(name)
>> save, replace
>> }
>>
>> The issue for me is how to create a local that contains the names of
>> all variables in each dataset, except for "name" and "id". Any
>> suggestions are appreciated!
>>
>> Augusto
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