In addition to Phil Ryan's excellent advice, do
check out [D] reshape. There are further worked
examples at
http://www.stata.com/support/faqs/data/reshape3.html
I may not be the only user who found -reshape-
daunting when I first used it. The first few
-reshape-s can seem tricky, but like so much
else the logic grows on you.
Nick
[email protected]
Naji
> I'm looking for a simple command or do file in order to
> organize a datafile
>
> The actual datafile looks like :
> Subj com1 com2 specific1_1 specific7_1 specific1_2 specific7_2
> 1 2 2 1 5 2 6
> 2 3 4 5 2 1 1
>
> I'd like to build up the following file
> Subj com1 com2 id specific1 specific2
> 1 2 2 1 1 2
> 1 2 2 7 5 6
> 2 3 4 1 5 1
> 2 3 4 7 2 1
>
> It can be done command by command. But I'm wondering if there
> is an adhoc command or do file
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