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Re: st: How to quickly merge by the range of a third variable?


From   Sean <[email protected]>
To   [email protected]
Subject   Re: st: How to quickly merge by the range of a third variable?
Date   Mon, 10 Oct 2005 12:53:19 -0500

BTW, anyone can tell me how Stata stores the value for "count"
command? Or referring me to some reference would be fine, thanks.


On 10/10/05, Sean <[email protected]> wrote:
> Many thanks Rafal; very helpful indeed. I'm in the process:)
>
> On 10/10/05, Rafal Raciborski <[email protected]> wrote:
> > Sean,
> >
> > Why not something like this?:
> >
> >
> > . use person, clear
> >
> > . list
> >
> >     +--------------------------+
> >     | personid   bday   bplace |
> >     |--------------------------|
> >  1. |        1   1950    city1 |
> >  2. |        2   1951    city2 |
> >  3. |        3   1987    city2 |
> >  4. |        4   1950    city3 |
> >  5. |        5   1975    city1 |
> >     +--------------------------+
> >
> > . use c1951, clear
> >
> > . list
> >
> >     +-----------------------+
> >     |  city   year      pop |
> >     |-----------------------|
> >  1. | city1   1951    10250 |
> >  2. | city2   1951   301872 |
> >  3. | city3   1951    65790 |
> >     +-----------------------+
> >
> > . use c1950, clear
> >
> > . list
> >
> >     +-----------------------+
> >     |  city   year      pop |
> >     |-----------------------|
> >  1. | city1   1950    10000 |
> >  2. | city2   1950   300000 |
> >  3. | city3   1950    65000 |
> >     +-----------------------+
> >
> > . append using c1951
> >
> > . sort city year
> >
> > . list
> >
> >     +-----------------------+
> >     |  city   year      pop |
> >     |-----------------------|
> >  1. | city1   1950    10000 |
> >  2. | city1   1951    10250 |
> >  3. | city2   1950   300000 |
> >  4. | city2   1951   301872 |
> >  5. | city3   1950    65000 |
> >     |-----------------------|
> >  6. | city3   1951    65790 |
> >     +-----------------------+
> >
> > . save city_big, replace
> > file city_big.dta saved
> >
> > .
> > . use person, clear
> >
> > . rename bday year
> >
> > . rename bplace city
> >
> > . sort city year
> >
> > . save person1, replace
> > file person1.dta saved
> >
> > .
> > . merge city year using city_big
> >
> > . drop if _merge==2
> > (3 observations deleted)
> >
> > . drop _merge
> >
> > . list
> >
> >     +----------------------------------+
> >     | personid   year    city      pop |
> >     |----------------------------------|
> >  1. |        1   1950   city1    10000 |
> >  2. |        5   1975   city1        . |
> >  3. |        2   1951   city2   301872 |
> >  4. |        3   1987   city2        . |
> >  5. |        4   1950   city3    65000 |
> >     +----------------------------------+
> >
> > .
> > end of do-file
> >
> >
> > If your city datasets do not have a year variable in them, you can
> > easliy add it
> > using -forvalues-.  Assuming your city datasets are named c1950, c1951, ... ,
> > c2000, you can use:
> >
> > forvalues i = 1950/2000 {
> >        use c`i', clear
> >        gen year = `i'
> >        save, replace
> > }
> >
> > and then append and merge.
> >
> > Hope this helps.
> >
> > rafal
> >
> >
> > ================
> > Rafal Raciborski
> > Graduate student
> > Department of Political Science
> > Emory University
> > 301 Tarbutton Hall
> > 1555 Dickey Drive
> > Atlanta, GA 30322
> > 404-378-9826 (home)
> > [email protected]
> > http://www.roofoos.net/
> >
> >
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> >
>
>
> --
> Best Regards,
>
> Sean
>


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Best Regards,

Sean

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