Re: st: Combining strings by group

[daniel klein <klein.daniel.81@googlemail.com>]

Smart code, Nick. I especially like the idea of using -by- instead of
-bysort- in the second line, since the data is already sorted. I
usually use -bysort- without thinking about it's need. However, I
think there is one typo in the code.

I guess the first line

bysort code : replace type = type[_n-1] + "," + type if _n > 2

should read

bysort code : replace type = type[_n-1] + ", " + type if _n > 1

Since the required data structure only has one row per case, I would
further replace

by code : replace type = type[_N]

with

by code : keep if (_n == _N)

(Ben, to perfectly match your example, you will need an additional -rename-.)

Best
Daniel

--
It's easier than that.

bysort code : replace type = type[_n-1] + "," + type if _n > 2
by code : replace type = type[_N]
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