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| From | Nick Cox <njcoxstata@gmail.com> |
| To | "statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu" <statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu> |
| Subject | Re: st: Combining string and numeric variables |
| Date | Wed, 4 Dec 2013 10:52:27 +0000 |
That aside, you seem to be alluding to -reshape-. -reshape- allows joint identifiers of "rows". This is explained and exemplified in the help. Nick njcoxstata@gmail.com On 4 December 2013 10:23, Nick Cox <njcoxstata@gmail.com> wrote: > Explained in many places. Here's one: > > SJ-7-4 dm0034 . . . Stata tip 52: Generating composite categorical variables > . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . N. J. Cox > Q4/07 SJ 7(4):582--583 (no commands) > tip on how to generate categorical variables using > tostring and egen, group() > > http://www.stata-journal.com/sjpdf.html?articlenum=dm0034 > > > Nick > njcoxstata@gmail.com > > > On 4 December 2013 09:48, Miguel A. Duran <maduran@uma.es> wrote: >> Hi, statalisters. I have a panel data set in long form. This panel data set >> has two variables to identify observations, one for country (eg, UK) and one >> for region (eg, 11 or M0). I have to transform the dataset into wide form. >> Nevertheless, to do this, if I am not mistaken, previously I have to combine >> these two identifying variables (to generate, eg, values such as UKM0). Does >> anyone know whether this can be done with Stata? Thanks in advance. >> >> Miguel A. >> >> * >> * 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/