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| From | "Seliger Florian" <seliger@kof.ethz.ch> |
| To | "statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu" <statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu> |
| Subject | st: Improve matching |
| Date | Fri, 17 May 2013 15:20:29 +0000 |
Dear Statalist, I want to improve matching of two datasets. I use a matching software, but want to prepare the datasets with STATA. One dataset is in panel structure, i.e. I have multiple observations per ID: ID firm 314 POLYTYPE 314 POLYTYPE MASCHINENFABRIK 314 POLYTYPE NA 314 POLYTYPE 314 POLYTYPE 314 POLYTYPE The length of the firm name may vary across IDs. I noticed that it is necessary to keep only the ID with the LONGEST NAME, in this case "POLYTYPE MASCHINENFABRIK". It is necessary to delete all other IDs for the same observation to enable a proper matching (due to the software). Any suggestions how I could only keep the LONGEST NAME IDs (each observation has different names, and within each observation each ID has different names, there is no regularity) in STATA? Thank you for your consideration. Best, Florian * * 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/