Sorry, Friedrich -- I didn't see that you had said to rename the variables. Your way will obviously work.
Eric
>Wanli,
>
>Rename the variables in one file, merge the data and then calculate
>the difference.
>
>Friedrich Huebler
>
>--- Wanli Zhao <[email protected]> wrote:
>> I have 2 datasets. Each one has 10 variables and they share the
>> same names
>> across the 2 data files. Is there a quick way to generate the third
>> file
>> which has the differenced values for each variables in the 2
>> original files?
>> Thanks.
>>
>> Cheers,
> > Wanli
>
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