Thanks Martin, Serigy, Nick, and Pavrila. Serigy's suggestion on
joinby is really beautiful.
Many thanks!
On Wed, Apr 8, 2009 at 5:41 AM, Sergiy Radyakin <[email protected]> wrote:
> A better way would be to use -joinby-.
>
> clear
> input byte id byte x
> 1 4
> 2 6
> 3 7
> end
> generate dummy=1
> preserve
> clear
> input str1 y byte z
> a 7
> b 8
> c 9
> end
> gen dummy=1
> tempfile mrg
> save `"`mrg'"'
> restore
> joinby using `"`mrg'"'
> drop dummy
> sort id y
> list, sepby(id)
>
> Best wishes,
> Sergiy Radyakin
>
> PS: variable dummy (substitute any name, which is not in either of
> your datasets) is needed here because otherwise Stata complains that
> there is no common variable to join by. Perhaps it is a sensible
> default behaviour, when there is nothing to join by, just attach one
> dataset to each observation of the other??
>
>
> On Wed, Apr 8, 2009 at 11:31 AM, Quang Nguyen <[email protected]> wrote:
>> Thanks Martin for such an excellent solution. Actually, the block of
>> data is a (6x35) matrix. Can you suggest a somewaht better procedure?
>>
>> Many thanks!
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Apr 8, 2009 at 5:14 AM, Martin Weiss <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>
>>> <>
>>>
>>> It really depends where you want to take this exercise next, but here is a
>>> shot at the prob:
>>>
>>> *************
>>> clear*
>>>
>>> inp id x
>>> 1 4
>>> 2 6
>>> 3 7
>>> end
>>>
>>> expand 3
>>>
>>> bys id: g str1 y="a"
>>> by id: replace y="b" if _n==2
>>> by id: replace y="c" if _n==3
>>> by id : egen float z = seq(), from(1) to(3) block(1)
>>>
>>> l, noo sepby(id)
>>> *************
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> HTH
>>> Martin
>>>
>>> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
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>>> Gesendet: Mittwoch, 8. April 2009 17:00
>>> An: [email protected]
>>> Betreff: st: How to add the same block of data to every individual
>>>
>>> Dear All:
>>>
>>> Suppose I have the following data set:
>>>
>>> id x
>>> 1 4
>>> 2 6
>>> 3 7
>>> ..................
>>>
>>> and a "data block" as follows:
>>>
>>> y z
>>> a 7
>>> b 8
>>> c 9
>>>
>>> Do you know how I can add this data block to every individual in the
>>> idividial data set. After adding, the new data set will look like the
>>> following:
>>>
>>> id x y z
>>> 1 4 a 7
>>> 1 4 b 8
>>> 1 4 c 9
>>> 2 6 a 7
>>> 2 6 b 8
>>> 2 6 c 9
>>> ----------------------------
>>>
>>> Many thanks!
>>>
>>>
>>>
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>>
>>
>>
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