st: merge files of tables with headers and multiple identifiers in each table

[Minsoo Kim <ibsulkim@gmail.com>]

Hi,

I am using STATA SE/11.2 and I have been trying to merge two excel
files. Each excel file has about 600 hundreds of tables
with headers for each table and with two empty rows between each
table.
I would like to illustrate what I need to do. The two original excel
files and the Goal Data Set I need to generate can be
simiplified as follows:

<Excel File1>
Name  FileYr   Table             V1  V2  V3  V4
AB       2000      IS     1997    1   15    3    12
AB       2000      IS     1998    4    3    14    2
AB       2000      IS     1999    7   12   16    4

Name  FileYr   Table   Asset   V5  V6  V7  V8
AB       2000      BS     1997    6    14    6    2
AB       2000      BS     1998    12    7    9    1

Name  FileYr   Table  Liabilities  V9    V10    V11  V12
AB       2000      BS     1997       1      18      17     4
AB       2000      BS     1998       10      7      42     5


<Excel File2>
Name  FileYr   Table             V1  V2  V3   V13
AB       2001      IS     1998    4    3    14
AB       2001      IS     1999    7   12   16
AB       2001      IS     2000   17  11     9    10

Name  FileYr   Table   Asset   V5  V6  V7  V8  V14
AB       2001      BS     1998    12    7    9    1
AB       2001      BS     1999    5    21    5   11   22

Name  FileYr   Table  Liabilities  V9    V10    V12
AB       2001      BS     1998       10      7       5
AB       2001      BS     1999       71      60     40


<Goal Data Set>
Name  FileYr   Table             V1  V2  V3  V4  V13
AB       2000      IS     1997    1   15    3    12
AB       2000      IS     1998    4    3    14    2
AB       2000      IS     1999    7   12   16    4
AB       2001      IS     2000   17  11    9           10

Name  FileYr   Table   Asset   V5  V6  V7  V8  V14
AB       2000      BS     1997    6    14    6    2
AB       2000      BS     1998    12    7    9    1
AB       2001      BS     1999    5    21    5   11   22

Name  FileYr   Table  Liabilities  V9    V10    V11  V12
AB       2000      BS     1997       1      18      17     4
AB       2000      BS     1998       10      7      42     5
AB       2001      BS     1999       71      60            40

As above, I need to add data in the seconde excel files(using) into the first
data set(master). When using doesn't have any match with
master, I still need to add using into the master data set in a seperate table.
As there are multiple identifiers and headers in each table, merge
command by itself cannot generate the Goal Data Set as I desire.
Can anyone help me to make it happen in right way?

Thanks,


-- 
Minsoo
The University of Chicago
E-mail: minsoo1@uchicago.edu
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