> -----Original Message-----
> From: Reka Sundaram-Stukel [mailto:[email protected]]
> Sent: Tuesday, April 08, 2003 10:49 AM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: st: RE: matching data
>
>
> Nick
>
> Thank you.
>
> The problem is with the order of the data. N1 in <<dataset 1>> equals
> N3 in <<dataset2>>.
>
> Reka
In that case, just rename the variables in one of the datasets before
you start.
Nick Winter
>
>
> On Tuesday, April 8, 2003, at 09:14 AM, Nick Winter wrote:
>
> > Why does -merge- not work for you? I would think:
> >
> > . use <<dataset2>>
> > . sort N1 N2 N3
> > . save, replace
> > . use <<dataset1>>
> > . sort N1 N2 N3
> > . merge N1 N2 N3 using <<dataset2>> , nokeep
> > . generate check=(_merge==3)
> >
> > (The last line simply creates the check variable, based on
> whether or
> > not there was a successful merge.)
> >
> > Nick WInter
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