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Re: st: Interactions between tsset and sort
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Gordon Hughes <[email protected]>
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Re: st: Interactions between tsset and sort
Date
Sat, 12 Feb 2011 15:58:29 +0000
Thank you for both suggestions. I will consider both of them. Two remarks:
A. The manual entry for xtset states that
"One of the syntaxes of tsset is tsset panelvar timevar, which is
identical to one of xtset's syntaxes, namely, xtset panelvar
timevar. Here they are in fact the same command ..."
I think that the --xtset-- behaviour of not sorting the data may only
apply when you use --xtset panelvar-- which is not sufficient for my
purpose as I need to identify the time variable as well. I had taken
the manual literally, but I may have misinterpreted it.
B. Writing a modified version of tsset (xtset) - e.g. spatset -
would offer the possibility of setting data up for other kinds of
spatial analysis, so it would be interesting to find out what
features potential users might regards as being useful.
Gordon Hughes
[email protected]
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