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RE: st: Combining strings by group
From
Nick Cox <[email protected]>
To
"'[email protected]'" <[email protected]>
Subject
RE: st: Combining strings by group
Date
Wed, 16 Nov 2011 10:56:56 +0000
Correct. Thanks for the fix. I fixed the code when testing it but did not correct my draft.
Nick
[email protected]
-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of daniel klein
Sent: 16 November 2011 10:48
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: st: Combining strings by group
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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