The short answer is absolutely not. Stata cannot divine
your desired -reshape- without information on what variables
you want to be reshaped.
Please check out the manual entry in detail, then
FAQ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Problems with reshape
12/03 I am having problems with the reshape command. Can
you give further guidance?
http://www.stata.com/support/faqs/data/reshape3.html
and then (if your problem remains insoluble) report back with
more detail on the structure of your variable names.
Nick
[email protected]
Amber Katz
> I'm trying to reshape my data, but have a very large number of
> variables which are not necessarily in the same form. Is there some
> way I can execute this command without typing out all the variable
> names?
>
> Also, is there a way I can put a list of variable names into some sort
> of "namelist" variable which I can use later? (i.e. I would just type
> "reshape wide <namelist>) I know that there's some "syntax" command
> but don't understand how to use it here.
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