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Re: st: Adding variables to datasets
From
Kyle Peyton <[email protected]>
To
"<[email protected]>" <[email protected]>
Subject
Re: st: Adding variables to datasets
Date
Sun, 17 Jul 2011 21:46:28 +0000
Hi Maria,
I believe the 'keep' command will work with the merge so that you can isolate the variables you need. Details should be under the help section for merge.
Hope that helps!
Kyle
On 18/07/2011, at 5:38 AM, "[email protected]" <[email protected]> wrote:
> Dear Statalist,
>
> I'd need to combine three datasets.
>
> For the first two, I do:
>
> use filename
>
> append using filename
>
> and it's fine. Now I'd like to add only one variable from a third dataset.
> This variables matches with id from the previous two (it is a new variable
> about observation id from a previous year).
>
> I tried again with 'append using filename' but it generates too many
> missing values.
>
> Could you please help me?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Maria
>
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