I don't think so; but I can't prove that
But turn it round. What are you expecting?
That -reshape- should
somehow realise that A matches 1, B matches
2, C matches 3?
What would you expect -reshape- to do if the
variables were
ID WaveX WaveY WaveZ ASMOK BSMOK CSMOK
That one works, but not in the same way.
Nick
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: [email protected]
> [mailto:[email protected]]On Behalf Of Ada Ma
> Sent: 26 April 2006 23:22
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: st: Re: reshape when the stub is at the beginning of the
> variables
>
>
> Carol Bao's friend data set looks interesting. I had not noticed the
> atwl option before. If the variable names were:
> ID WaveA WaveB WaveC ASMOK BSMOK CSMOK
>
> I could have reshaped it long in one shot:
> reshape long @SMOK Wave, i(ID) j(type) atwl() string
>
> But unfortunate they are not, they are:
> ID Wave1 Wave2 Wave3 ASMOK BSMOK CSMOK
>
> Is it still possible to reshape both the Wave variables and the SMOK
> variables in one shot?
>
>
>
> On 4/26/06, Michael Blasnik <[email protected]> wrote:
> > Check out the advanced syntax for reshape. I believe that
> you can specify
> > the location of the "j" part of the variable names using
> the @ symbol. I
> > haven't used this option in a while, but I think you will
> need to specify
> > that the j variable is a string and may need to use the
> atwl() option for
> > the reshape xij line.
> >
> > reshape xij @SMOK
> >
> > Michael Blasnik
> > [email protected]
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Carol Bao" <[email protected]>
> > To: <[email protected]>
> > Cc: <[email protected]>
> > Sent: Tuesday, April 25, 2006 7:01 PM
> > Subject: st: reshape when the stub is at the beginning of
> the variables
> >
> >
> > > Hi, I am asking this for a friend:
> > >
> > > She has a data set in its wide form like this:
> > >
> > > ID Wave1 Wave2 Wave3 ASMOK BSMOK CSMOK
> > > 1 0 1 1 . 1 0
> > > 2 1 1 0 1 0 .
> > >
> > > Which reads: for person 1, he/she appears in wave 2
> > > and wave 3 of the survey and reports to smoke in wave
> > > 2 (BSMOK) and not smoke in wave 3 (CSMOK). For person
> > > 2, he/she is interviewed in wave 1 and 2 but drops out
> > > in wave 3 and reports to smoke in wave 1 and not in
> > > wave 2.
> > >
> > > The question is, the stub for reshape into variable
> > > SMOK appears at the beginning of the variables as A, B
> > > and C respectively for three waves (all the other
> > > variables as well). Is there any easier way to
> > > reshape the data? Or any suggestions?
> > >
>
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