Re: st: Mergining horozontally excel files under a particular patern

[sabbas gidarokostas <sabbasgidarokostas@googlemail.com>]

thanks scott. I will try this. Many thanks

On 7/3/12, Scott Merryman <scott.merryman@gmail.com> wrote:
> Something like:
>
> clear
> tempfile tmp
> local j = 1
> forv i = 39(-1)1 {
> 	import excel "C:\Users\scott.merryman\Desktop\Book1.xlsx",
> sheet("Sheet`i'") firstrow clear
> 	if mod(`i',3) !=0 {
> 		qui merge 1:1 _n using `tmp', nogenerate
> 		save `tmp' ,replace
> 	}
> 	else {
> 		save `tmp', replace
> 	}
> 	if mod(`j', 3) == 0 {
> 		save gr`i', replace
> 		local j = 1
> 	}
> 	else {
> 		local j = `j' + 1
> 	}
> }
>
>
>
> Scott
>
> On Mon, Jul 2, 2012 at 12:31 PM, sabbas gidarokostas
> <sabbasgidarokostas@googlemail.com> wrote:
>> I have an excel file that contains 39 sheets
>> 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,….
>>
>> I want tfirst o merge sheet 3 with 2 and then merge the new sheet that
>> results from this merging  with sheet 1. So 3+2+1
>> Similarly, I want to merge first sheet 6 with 5 and then merge the new
>> sheet that results from this merging with sheet 4. So. 6+5+4
>> Similarly,  I want to merge first sheet 9 with 8 and then merge the
>> new sheet that results from this merging with sheet 7. So,  9+8+7
>> And so forth
>> To be more specific,
>> My goal is to merge horizontally all the data contained in sheet 3
>> with the data contained in the matrix [C5 up to the C-end and C5 up to
>> End-5] of Sheet 2. The outcome of this merging is then merged
>> horizontally with the data contained in the matrix [C5 up to the C-end
>> and C5 up to End-5] of Sheet 1
>>
>> Similarly, I  want to merge horizontally all the data contained in
>> sheet 6 with the data contained in the matrix [C5 up to the C-end and
>> C5 up to End-5] of Sheet 5. The outcome of this merging is then merged
>> horizontally with the data contained in the matrix [C5 up to the C-end
>> and C5 up to End-5] of Sheet 4
>>
>> and so forth.
>>
>> Is there any way to do this particular merging
>>
>> thanks
>
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