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Re: st: Beginner Q: 7mil obs - how to add variables
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Scott Merryman <[email protected]>
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Re: st: Beginner Q: 7mil obs - how to add variables
Date
Tue, 8 Oct 2013 14:03:31 -0500
-collapse (sum) sum_value = value, by(string)-
Scott
On Tue, Oct 8, 2013 at 1:46 PM, Coleman, Greg <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi
> My data has 7 million observations and 29 variables. About 10 of the variables are string, and I am trying to get some patterns of the numerical values which are related to the strings. To clarify,
>
> String Value
> AB1234 25
> CDE789 44
> F9999 126
> CDE789 10
> AB1234 3
> F9999 100
>
> I would like to get output that looks like the sum of values, per string:
> AB1234 28
> CDE789 54
> F9999 226
>
> Some strings are just numbers, some are just letters, and some are a combination.
> Can anyone assist?
> Thanks!
> Greg
>
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