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Re: st: reshape
From
Nick Cox <[email protected]>
To
[email protected]
Subject
Re: st: reshape
Date
Wed, 26 Oct 2011 12:31:44 +0100
Just -rename- the awkward variables first. It's usually far easier.
The new -rename- in Stata 12 has lots of examples. If you are still on
Stata <12, download -renvars- (SJ).
Nick
On Wed, Oct 26, 2011 at 11:53 AM, Ozgur Ozdemir
<[email protected]> wrote:
I would like to change of my data format using reshape. it seems, it
is a great function however my variable names are a bit problematic. I
have the following example
>
> CompanyId, Tobin2000, Tobin01, Tobin02, Sales2000YE, Sales2001YE etc. All variables are on yearly basis.
>
> Some variables have 01 for 2001, 02 for 2002 but some of them have exactly 2001, 2002 etc. Not sure, how I can use reshape command?
>
> my command below:
>
>
> "reshape long Tobin sales@YE, i(Companyid) j(year) string" does not help because stata creates both 01 and 2001.
>
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