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st: Calculate product from two dta files
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Zhangqunzi <[email protected]>
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st: Calculate product from two dta files
Date
Wed, 7 Nov 2012 10:31:29 +0100
>
> Dear All,
>
> I have two dta files having the same structure :
>
> Dta1
> time firm price 1 2 3 4
> 19700701. 0.1. 12. 14. 3
> Dta2
> Time firm share 1 2 3 4
> 19700701. 10 20. 30. 40
>
> I want to get the product of price*share then generate a new dat file to store the result.
>
> The varlists from dta1,2 are not the same, eg p1 p3 p5. S1 S3 S5. Also the numbers are not continuous numbers.
>
> Also my cimputer's memory is not enough only 730mb, the two dtas are 600mb, if u calculate the product in one dta file it will exceed the memory limit.
>
> Thanks a lot in advance
>
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