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From   "Nick Cox" <[email protected]>
To   <[email protected]>
Subject   st: RE: RE: RE: RE: RE: Using postfile
Date   Thu, 20 May 2004 19:17:52 +0100

That's much clearer, thanks. 

For what I now think you want, the matrices
are at best a means to an end and at worst
a complete distraction. You can go from
dataset to dataset. 

Here is a silly example: 

-----------------
u auto, clear

foreach v of var turn trunk foreign { 
	bysort rep78 `v' : gen f_`v'_ = _N 
	separate f_`v'_, by(`v') 
	foreach w of var `r(varlist)' { 
		bysort rep78 (`w') : replace `w' = `w'[1] 
		replace `w' = 0 if mi(`w')   
	} 
	local vars "`vars' `r(varlist)'" 
} 

keep rep78 `vars' 
  
bysort rep78: keep if _n == 1
--------------------

here is a more general script 

-----------------------
u <dataset>, clear

foreach v of var <column variables> { 
	bysort <rowvar> `v' : gen f_`v'_ = _N 
	separate f_`v'_, by(`v') 
	foreach w of var `r(varlist)' { 
		bysort <rowvar> (`w') : replace `w' = `w'[1] 
		replace `w' = 0 if mi(`w')   
	} 
	local vars "`vars' `r(varlist)'" 
} 

keep <rowvar> `vars' 
  
bysort <rowvar>: keep if _n == 1
------------------------
	
There's probably a quicker way, but 
I hope that helps.

Nick 
[email protected] 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: [email protected]
> [mailto:[email protected]]On Behalf Of 
> [email protected]
> Sent: 20 May 2004 18:16
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: st: RE: RE: RE: RE: Using postfile
> 
> 
> Hello again,
> 
> I apologize that my query still lacks clarity. I will go back 
> to auto.dta,
> for example there are two tabulations below:
>  
> tab rep78 for, matcell(new)
>     Repair |
>     Record |       Car type
>       1978 |  Domestic    Foreign |     Total
> -----------+----------------------+----------
>          1 |         2          0 |         2 
>          2 |         8          0 |         8 
>          3 |        27          3 |        30 
>          4 |         9          9 |        18 
>          5 |         2          9 |        11 
> -----------+----------------------+----------
>      Total |        48         21 |        69 
>  tab rep78 wg, matcell(newg)
>     Repair |
>     Record |          wg
>       1978 |         0          1 |     Total
> -----------+----------------------+----------
>          1 |         0          2 |         2 
>          2 |         0          8 |         8 
>          3 |         1         29 |        30 
>          4 |         5         13 |        18 
>          5 |         1         10 |        11 
> -----------+----------------------+----------
>      Total |         7         62 |        69 
> 
> matrix list new
> new[5,2]
>     c1  c2
> r1   2   0
> r2   8   0
> r3  27   3
> r4   9   9
> r5   2   9
> 
> matrix list newg
> newg[5,2]
>     c3  c4
> r1   0   2
> r2   0   8
> r3   1  29
> r4   5  13
> r5   1  10
> 
> I wish to output the content of the matrices "new" and "newg" 
> to one dataset
> (or *.txt) whose records will be r1-r5 and variables will be 
> c1 c2 c3 c4.
> 
> I hope that is clearer and my apologies for the confusion once again.
> 
> Best regards,
> 
> Amani
> 

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