i don't see why
reshape long x1_ x2_ x3_ x4_ x5_, i(code country industry) j(year)
wouldn't work
> Dear statalisters,
>
> I have the following data format:
>
> code country industry x1_90 x1_91 ... x1_99 x2_90 x2_91 ... x2_99 x3_90 etc
> n1 UK GEN . . ... . . . ... . .
> n2 SP BIO . . ... . . . ... . .
> n3 NL SUP . . ... . . . ... . .
> n4 GR ITE . . ... . . . ... . .
> n5 PT AUT . . ... . . . ... . .
>
> And I wish to reshape the dataset as follows:
>
> code country industry YEAR x1 x2 x3 x4 x5
> n1 UK GEN 90
> n1 UK GEN 91
> . . . .
> n1 UK GEN 99
> n2 SP BIO 90
> n2 SP BIO 91
> . . . .
> n2 SP BIO 99
> n3 NL SUP 90
> n3 NL SUP 91
> . . . .
> n3 NL SUP 99
>
> etc
>
> Now, I tried the -reshape- related commands but obviously I�m doing something
> wrong because I�m not able to get the format I need.
> Can someone please advice me on this,
>
> many thanx in advance,
> Dimitris
>
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