Re: st: Adding rows to datasheet

[Philipp Rehm <philipp.rehm@gmx.de>]

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How about something like this:

sysuse auto, clear
set obs `=_N+1'
replace make="Made up" in l

I've learned this from one of Nick Cox' posts, some years (?) ago.

HTH,
Ph

On 3/23/2010 9:48 AM, Sripal Kumar wrote:
> Hi,
>
> This might seem like a no brainer to some of you.  I frequently run
> into the trouble where I need to add rows to a previous stata
> datasheet.  When I copy rows from excel and try to add to an existing
> stata datasheet, it seem to wipe off the header and replace it with
> the the newly added first row.  This happens even though I am adding
> data to say the 20th row.  The newly inserted row will always replace
> the header.  What am I doing wrong here?
>
> To explain it a bit better:  My header in stata reads--no. of
> patients, dead etc.  If I add an extra row from excel which has say
> 2345 and 2...this row deletes the header and the header will now read
> as 2345 and 2 instead of no. of patients, dead.
> thanks,
> Sripal.
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