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Re: st: unstacking
From
Nick Cox <[email protected]>
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Subject
Re: st: unstacking
Date
Mon, 22 Aug 2011 11:23:03 +0100
This problem is discussed within
SJ-7-2 dm0031 . . . . . . . . . Stata tip 45: Getting those data into shape
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C. F. Baum and N. J. Cox
Q2/07 SJ 7(2):268--271 (no commands)
tip on applications of reshape and solving data
management problems
http://www.stata-journal.com/sjpdf.html?articlenum=dm0031
in which a solution like yours is shown. So, it is not clear what is
wrong without more information from you.
Nick
On Mon, Aug 22, 2011 at 10:49 AM, Nick Cox <[email protected]> wrote:
> "Didn't work out" does not convey what your precise problem is.
>
> Perhaps
>
> . reshape wide value , ...
>
> Nick
>
> On Mon, Aug 22, 2011 at 10:42 AM, Abhimanyu Arora
> <[email protected]> wrote
>
>> I have 4 variables country_characteristic (Taking values such as GDP,
>> Imports, exports etc.), country, year and value (of the corresponding
>> country_char).
>> The end result that I would like to see is the following form
>> country year GDP Imports Exports (variable values
>> now being variable names)
>>
>> I tried the following command
>>
>> .reshape wide var, i(country year) j(country_char) string
>>
>> but didn't work out.
>
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