Re: st: AW: Keeping variable After restore

[Eric Booth <ebooth@ppri.tamu.edu>]

Or if you insist on using -preserve-/-restore-, you can create a new  
dataset out of the preserved data & -merge- it (though I think  
Martin's solution using conditionals is better, especially if your  
dataset is really large--saving a new dataset and merging it back into  
the master would be slower):

*****
clear
sysuse auto
expand 2
gen year = 2000 in 1/50
replace year = 2001 in 50/l
sort make year
**
preserve
keep if year == 2000
factor mpg price rep78
predict var1
keep make year var1
sort make year
save formerge.dta, replace
restore

merge make year using formerge.dta
browse make year var1
*****

Eric

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On Nov 9, 2009, at 8:28 AM, Martin Weiss wrote:

> <>
>
> Instead of -keep-ing the year 2000:
>
> ***
> webuse bg2, clear
> gen year=2000*(_n<200)+ /*
> */ 2001*(_n>=200)
> qui factor bg2cost1-bg2cost6  /*
> */ if year==2000
> predict var1
> ***
>
> and off you go...
>
>
>
> HTH
> Martin
>
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> Betreff: st: Keeping variable After restore
>
> Dear Stata-listers:
>
> I want to generate a variable during (preserve - restore) and want to
> use that after restoring the data. When I will restore data the  
> variable
> will be dropped automatically. How can I keep the variable?
>
> The data is time series and a simple version of my program is as  
> follows:
>
> preserve
> keep if year == 2000
> factor x1 x2 x3
> predict var1
> restore
>
> gsort -year
> replace var1= var1[_n-1] if var1 >= .
> xtset country year
> xtreg dep var1 controls
>
> The problem in this program is that after restoring the data I will  
> not
> have var1 anymore. What can be a possible solution?
>
> Thanks and best regards,
>
> Tanveer
>
>
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