Merge a raw or dictionary file into the current data set        [STB-20: dm19]
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        ^mergedct^ [varlist] ^using^ filename [^, a^utomatic ^b^yvariable(#) 
			        ^nol^abel ^u2^(filename2) ^v^list(varlist)]

merges a raw or dictionary file into the current data set.  Stata's ^merge^
command merges a dta file, but not raw data. 




Options
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^a^utomatic, ^b^yvariable(#), and ^u2^(filename2) have the same effects as the
    ^infile^ options ^a^utomatic, ^b^yvariable(#), and ^using^(), respectively.

^nol^abel has the same effect as the ^merge^ command's ^nol^abel option.




Options, continued
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^v^list(varlist) specifies the variable names for a raw data file, that is,
    a non-dictionary file.  The command

            ^mergedct using rawfile, vlist(x y z)^

    indicates that the raw data can be ^infile^d by the command

            ^infile x y z using rawfile^


Author
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          Jonathan Nash, CS First Boston
          212-318-0748 (FAX)

Also see
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    STB:  dm19 (STB-20)
 Manual:  [3d] infile, [3d] merge
On-line:  help for ^infile^ and ^merge^