Thanks, Svend.  That's the solution.
I'm learning a lot fast from this list.  I look forward to the day when
I can give something back.
George
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Svend Juul wrote:
You can produce a single empty observation by:
   clear         (if you have irrelevant data in memory)
   set obs 1
Is this what you need?
Svend
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Svend Juul
Institut for Folkesundhed, Afdeling for Epidemiologi
(Institute of Public Health, Department of Epidemiology)
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