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st: RE: RE: VLookup command in Stata


From   "Nick Winter" <[email protected]>
To   <[email protected]>
Subject   st: RE: RE: VLookup command in Stata
Date   Thu, 30 Jan 2003 17:04:13 -0500

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Wallace, John [mailto:[email protected]] 
> Sent: Thursday, January 30, 2003 4:39 PM
> To: '[email protected]'
> Subject: st: RE: VLookup command in Stata
> 
> 
> Hi Deborah
> 
> I'm guessing that you would like to make a new variable in 
> your main table
> based on an indexed list in a second table.  Sort of like 
> merging two tables
> together.  If that's the case, the -joinby- command is 
> probably what you're
> looking for.
> 
> John Wallace

I was thnking this sounded more like a job for -merge-, not -joinby-,
but I suppose that depends on exactly what you are trying to do.

--Nick Winter

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