You don't need anything fancy.
Suppose the one value in Y.dta is 42.
In X data, you just go
gen e = 42
That's it. (If the value is a string value, say "Stata is easy", it's
the same story.)
That said, why do this? What analyses need it?
Nick
njcoxstata@gmail.com
On 14 April 2013 06:19, Rahber Thariani <thariani@gmail.com> wrote:
> A question to which I am sure there is a simple answer, but as a novice in
> Stata, one I am having a hard time finding.
>
> I have a dataset with variables a, b, c and d (stored in X.dta). There are
> about 5000 observations.
>
> In another dataset I have only variable e(stored in Y.dta). There is only
> one observation.
>
> I want to create a composite dataset with variables a, b, c, d and e. I
> wish to repeat the same value of e 5,000 times in my new dataset for each of
> the existing 5,000 observations of a, b, c, and d.
>
> What do you suggest to create this structure?
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