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Re: st: reshape wide to long


From   Scott Merryman <[email protected]>
To   [email protected]
Subject   Re: st: reshape wide to long
Date   Thu, 10 Apr 2014 21:12:58 -0500

Try adding the -string- option


. clear

. input id              kcalpre         kcalpost

            id    kcalpre   kcalpost
  1. 1               5620            3910
  2. 2               5470            4220
  3. 3               5640            3885
  4. end

. reshape long kcal , i(id) j(t) string
(note: j = post pre)

Data                               wide   ->   long
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Number of obs.                        3   ->       6
Number of variables                   3   ->       3
j variable (2 values)                     ->   t
xij variables:
                       kcalpost kcalpre   ->   kcal
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------

. l

     +------------------+
     | id      t   kcal |
     |------------------|
  1. |  1   post   3910 |
  2. |  1    pre   5620 |
  3. |  2   post   4220 |
  4. |  2    pre   5470 |
  5. |  3   post   3885 |
     |------------------|
  6. |  3    pre   5640 |
     +------------------+


Scott


On Thu, Apr 10, 2014 at 8:32 PM, Michael McCulloch
<[email protected]> wrote:
> Hello, I am trying to reshape the following dataset from wide to long:
>
> id              kcalpre         kcalpost
> 1               5620            3910
> 2               5470            4220
> 3               5640            3885
>
> with the command:
> . reshape long kcal, i(id) j(timing)
>
> I am receiving an error message:
> variable timing contains all missing values.
>
> I have specified:
>         - long is the type of reshaping
>         - kcal is the stem of the two variables I want to convert from wide to long: kcalpre and kcalpost
>         - i(id) uniquely identifies each variable in the wide format
>         - j(timing) is to specify that the suffix of kcal (pre and post) should be placed in the variable called -timing-
>
> It seems I've followed the help file and tutorials. I'd appreciate any advice or corrections.
>
>
> Best wishes,
> Michael McCulloch
>
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