st: Re: help in merging files

["Michael Blasnik" <michael.blasnik@verizon.net>]

I think what you are looking to do is cross the files, not merge them.  Try 
whelp cross.

Michael Blasnik
michael.blasnik@verizon.net

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mazhar Islam" <mail2mazhar@yahoo.com>
To: <statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu>
Sent: Sunday, June 26, 2005 6:59 PM
Subject: st: help in merging files



> I have the following two files (whoprice and Stinfo).
>
> I want to merge them as the last table.
>
> FILE : wholprice
>
> date price1 price2 price3
>
> jan1 2005 1.3 3.5 9.8
>
> jan2 2005 1.2 3.6 9.4
> jan3 2005 1.4 3.5 9.2
>
> FILE: Stinfo
>
> store location address
>
> A fshjf       sdfkhsf
>
> B yiry       oerire
>
> C fhsdk       dvbvv
>
> I want to merge them as follows:
>
>
> date     price1 price2 price3 store location address
> jan1 2005 1.3 3.5 9.8 A fshjf       sdfkhsf
> jan2 2005 1.2 3.6 9.4 A fshjf sdfkhsf
>
>
> jan3 2005 1.4 3.5 9.2 A fshjf sdfkhsf
>
> jan1 2005 1.3 3.5 9.8 B yiry oerire
> jan2 2005 1.2 3.6 9.4 B yiry oerire
>
> jan3 2005 1.4 3.5 9.2 B yiry oerire
>
> jan1 2005 1.3 3.5 9.8 C fhsdk dvbvv
>
> jan2 2005 1.2 3.6 9.4 C fhsdk dvbvv
>
>
> jan3 2005 1.4 3.5 9.2 C fhsdk dvbvv
>
> How shall I do it?
>
> Thanks a lot
>
> Mazhar
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