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help for ^xmerge^, ^xmerged^ 				(STB-29: dm37)
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Extended merge capabilities
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	  ^xmerge^ varlist ^using^ dta_list

	  ^xmerged^ varlist ^using^ dict_list


Description
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^xmerge^ and ^xmerged^ extend Stata's @merge@ command by merging an arbitrary
number of files with a single command.  ^xmerge^ operates on Stata data sets
(.dta files), while ^xmerged^ merges dictionary files (.dict).  Other
differences from @merge@:

        1. ^xmerge^ and ^xmerged^ destroy the current data set WITHOUT warning;

        2. ^xmerge^ and ^xmerged^ only perform match-merges;

        3. the current dataset is NOT included in the merge;

        4. ^_merge^ is not preserved.


Example
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 . ^xmerge year month using calif nevada arizona^


Author
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        Jon Faust
        Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
        faustj@@frb.gov


Also see
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    STB:  STB-29 dm37
 Manual:  [5d] merge, [5d] sort
On-line:  help for @merge@