RE: st: RE: Reshape from long to wide and attaching Labels contained in a Variable.

["Radwin, David" <dradwin@rti.org>]

Stefan,

I'm afraid it is too complicated for me! Sorry. Maybe another Statalister can help.

David
--
David Radwin
Senior Research Associate
Education Studies Division
RTI International
2150 Shattuck Ave., Suite 800
Berkeley, CA 94704
Phone: 510-665-8274

www.rti.org


> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu [mailto:owner-
> statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu] On Behalf Of "Stefan Schöftner"
> Sent: Thursday, August 29, 2013 3:25 PM
> To: statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu
> Subject: Aw: st: RE: Reshape from long to wide and attaching Labels
> contained in a Variable.
> 
> 
> David,
> 
> Unfortunately i does not.
> My Main Problem connsists of the Fact that the labels i want in my wide
> dataset, are the "abc, bcd, cda, acb, cda" Values  of the long form
> variable Title.
> the way i put them into the schematic Wide Form might misslead. Because
> the values dont apply to the whole observation but only one variable of
> yy1,yy2....yyx and to which can only be seen decisevly in the Long form.
> 
> Also since the variables yyx can be several thousand doing it the way
> described would not be worth the hoped-for time saving later one.
> 
> I think i have to somehow attach the Title (abc) values somhow to the
> corresponding Code (yyx) in the Long-Fom so that by doing the reshape
> command the affiliation already exists and it automaticly gives the
> affiliated title value as Lable.
> 
> I sincerely hope this didnt get to complicated just now.
> 
> Best Regards
> Stefan
> 
> 
> Gesendet: Donnerstag, 29. August 2013 um 23:37 Uhr
> Von: "Radwin, David" <dradwin@rti.org>
> An: statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu
> Betreff: st: RE: Reshape from long to wide and attaching Labels contained
> in a Variable.
> Stefan,
> 
> Does this answer your question?
> 
> http://www.stata.com/support/faqs/data-management/apply-labels-after-
> reshape/
> 
> David
> --
> David Radwin
> Senior Research Associate
> Education Studies Division
> RTI International
> 2150 Shattuck Ave., Suite 800
> Berkeley, CA 94704
> Phone: 510-665-8274
> 
> www.rti.org[http://www.rti.org]
> 
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: owner-statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu [mailto:owner-
> > statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu] On Behalf Of "Stefan Schöftner"
> > Sent: Thursday, August 29, 2013 2:11 PM
> > To: statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu
> > Subject: st: Reshape from long to wide and attaching Labels contained in
> a
> > Variable.
> >
> >
> >
> > Hello Dear Statalist subscribers,
> >
> > As a fellow reader, i now dare to post my first own question.
> > I got actually a rather simple looking issue but it seems not doable
> also
> > i worked on it for several days
> >
> > I got a  sample of a Data file looking something like this:
> >
> > Long FORM:
> > ID´s repeat therefor i need the wide form.
> >
> > Obs.          ID       Title             Amount                Code
> > 1              xxx       abc              12345                   yy1
> > 2              xxx       bcd              54321                   yy2
> > 3              xxx       cda              43215                   yy3
> > 4              xxx       acb              32154                   yy4
> > 5              xxx       cad              21543                   yy4
> >
> >
> > I use a reshape command to bring this dataset into wide form
> > so it looks like this
> >
> > Wide Form:
> >
> > Obs.          ID        yy1      yy2    yy3    yy4      yy5       Title
> >
> >
> > 1              xxx                                                  abc
> > 2              xxx                                                  bcd
> > 3              xxx      AMOUNT ---------------------Amount       cda
> > 4              xxx                                                 acb
> > 5              xxx                                                  cad
> >
> > What I now desire, would be that the variable "Title" be converted into
> > the label text for the according variables yy1-yy5-yyx.
> > yyx because the entire dataset consists of several 10.000 observations
> > The variable "code" itself would be enough for identification but since
> im
> > going to work a lot more with this sample the change in Label would help
> > me quite a bit.
> >
> > At the current point in time i just drop "Title" and deal with the
> Coding.
> > I would really appreciate any input on how to solve this issue.
> >
> > Best Regards and Thanks in Advance
> > Stefan


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