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Re: st: unstacking
From
Abhimanyu Arora <[email protected]>
To
[email protected]
Subject
Re: st: unstacking
Date
Mon, 22 Aug 2011 12:46:51 +0200
Thanks very much as always, Nick, very useful.
Best regards
Abhimanyu
On Mon, Aug 22, 2011 at 12:23 PM, Nick Cox <[email protected]> wrote:
> 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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