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RE: st: unsort while merging
From
tashi lama <[email protected]>
To
<[email protected]>
Subject
RE: st: unsort while merging
Date
Wed, 18 Jul 2012 17:43:10 +0000
awesome.. thanx
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> Date: Wed, 18 Jul 2012 19:37:49 +0300
> From: [email protected]
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: st: unsort while merging
>
> One way to is to generate a "sort" variable before merging and then sort on this variable after -merge-
>
> clear
> input id str10 name
> 1 Tom
> 2 Jack
> 3 Micheal
> end
> gen f1sorder = _n
> tempfile a
> save `a'
>
> clear
> input str1 location id
> A 1
> A 2
> A 3
> B 2
> B 1
> C 1
> C 3
> end
> gen f2sorder = _n
> tempfile b
> save `b'
>
> merge m:1 id using `a', keep(match)
>
> * You can now unsort by sorting on f1sorder or f2sorder as you please.
>
> Ronnie
>
> --
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>
>
>
>
> On Wednesday, July 18, 2012 at 7:22 PM, tashi lama wrote:
>
> > Using dataset
> >
> > id name
> >
> > 1 Tom
> >
> > 2 Jack
> >
> > 3 Micheal
> >
> >
> > Master dataset
> >
> > location id
> >
> > A 1
> >
> > A 2
> >
> > A 3
> >
> > B 2
> >
> > B 1
> > C 1
> > C 3
>
>
>
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