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Re: st: how to repeat a value?
From
Richard Goldstein <[email protected]>
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Subject
Re: st: how to repeat a value?
Date
Thu, 14 Jul 2011 15:43:46 -0400
-replace var_name=var_name[_n-1] if var_name==""-
Rich
On 7/14/11 3:35 PM, Kresten Buch wrote:
> Dear Stata experts,
>
> I have a table generated from a website with two colums as below.
>
> id var_name
> -------------------------
> . Area
> 185
> 187
> 190
> 201
> . Population
> 185
> 201
> 210
> 217
> . Education
> 165
> 167
>
> And I would like to make it look like this version here below.
>
> id var_name
> -------------------------
> . Area
> 185 Area
> 187 Area
> 190 Area
> 201 Area
> . Population
> 185 Population
> 201 Population
> 210 Population
> 217 Population
> . Education
> 165 Education
> 167 Education
>
> I hope I explained myself?
> Been looking for a answer for hours. Hope some of you can help me. Im
> quite new to stata.
>
> Thanks in advance
> Kresten Buch
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