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| From | Zhangqunzi <zhangqunzi@googlemail.com> |
| To | "statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu" <statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu> |
| Subject | Re: st: Keep data according to one data file's varlist |
| Date | Wed, 7 Nov 2012 23:24:48 +0100 |
Actually, I want to make the two big data sets have the same variable name list which is from the second file. Some variables in data file 1 need to be dropped. I think I should creat a name list from data 2 then select the data from data 1 according to this data 2 name list. Can u tell me how to code in Stata? Thanks 在 Nov 7, 2012，7:46 PM，Nick Cox <njcoxstata@gmail.com> 写道： > Sounds like > > . drop var2 var4 > > Nick > > On Wed, Nov 7, 2012 at 6:41 PM, Zhangqunzi <zhangqunzi@googlemail.com> wrote: > >> I have two dta files, first one with variables : var 1 2 3 4 5 >> Second one with >> Variables: vart 1 3 5 >> >> As their names. >> >> Now I would like to drop the extra variables in data file 1 which are var 2 4. > * > * For searches and help try: > * http://www.stata.com/help.cgi?search > * http://www.stata.com/support/faqs/resources/statalist-faq/ > * http://www.ats.ucla.edu/stat/stata/ * * For searches and help try: * http://www.stata.com/help.cgi?search * http://www.stata.com/support/faqs/resources/statalist-faq/ * http://www.ats.ucla.edu/stat/stata/