Re: st: RE: RE: Corrected Creating multiple observations from mixed observation?

[Nick Cox <njcoxstata@gmail.com>]

Your example implies that some lines of data are as wished and some  
are not. Also, your example seems to contradict your pattern. This  
might be fixable by some programming, or you might be better advised  
to go back to your source and indicate that the data structure is a  
mess.

Nick

On 21 Sep 2011, at 02:56, "Greenland, Andrew N" <agreenla@purdue.edu>  
wrote:

> Yes,
>
> They're attached in a .txt file
>
> Thanks for the help!
> ________________________________________
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> statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu] On Behalf Of Kieran McCaul  
> [Kieran.McCaul@uwa.edu.au]
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> To: statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu
> Subject: st: RE: Corrected Creating multiple observations from mixed  
> observation?
>
> ...
>
> Can you provide a couple lines of real data?
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu
> [mailto:owner-statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu] On Behalf Of Greenland,
> Andrew N
> Sent: Wednesday, 21 September 2011 6:04 AM
> To: statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu
> Subject: st: Corrected Creating multiple observations from mixed
> observation?
>
> I need to insert a new observation into the dataset I am working on.
> Multiple row's from a spreadsheet have been read into the same column
> and I need to separate them and insert them into the dataset.
>
> The data should Look as follows:
> var1        var2        var3
> NAME1    Price1      Price2
> NAME2    Price3      Price4
>
> Instead they look take on a pattern like this:
> var1                        var2                     var3
> NAME1NAME2                Price1Price3               Price2Price4
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