Perhaps. But check out -groups- from SSC in any case.
Nick
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Caleb Southworth
> On Tue, 2 May 2006, Nick Cox wrote:
>
> :The question in turn is what belongs in
> :a "cell" of the table? -tabdisp- will
> :show you tables of strings, but if
>
> I was too vague. Take these data:
>
> . list union pol_ if pol_!=., str(30)
>
> +--------------------------------------------+
> | union pol_dem |
> |--------------------------------------------|
> 1. | bakery and confectionery worke.. 1 |
> 2. | communications association; am.. 2 |
> 3. | state, county and municipal wo.. 2 |
> 9. | switch men 1 |
> 11. | boot and shoe workers 0 |
> |--------------------------------------------|
> 12. | plate printers, die stampers a.. 1 |
> 14. | glass bottle blowers 1 |
> 15. | painters, decorators and paper.. 0 |
> 16. | stove mounters 1 |
> 18. | photo- engravers 1 |
> |--------------------------------------------|
> 19. | mechanics and foremen of naval.. 1 |
> 22. | hatters, cap and millinery wor.. 2 |
> 24. | laundry and dry cleaning 1 |
> +--------------------------------------------+
>
> I want to make a table of unions (strings) by pol_id
> (categorical var):
>
> . tabdisp pol_dem if pol_dem!=., c(union)
>
> --------------------------------
> pol_dem | union
> ----------+---------------------
> 0 | boot and shoe worker
> 1 | bakery and confectio
> 2 | communications assoc
> --------------------------------
>
> Aside from a preference for the categorical variable being
> the columns,
> "what belongs in a cell" is a list of all the cases (strings) for each
> category. That is, the information from
>
> . by pol_: list union
>
> --------------------------------------------------------------
> -----------------
> -> pol_dem = 0
>
> +---------------------------------------+
> | union |
> |---------------------------------------|
> 1. | painters, decorators and paperhangers |
> 2. | boot and shoe workers |
> +---------------------------------------+
>
> --------------------------------------------------------------
> -----------------
> -> pol_dem = 1
>
>
> +-----------------------------------------------------------------+
> |
> union |
>
> |-----------------------------------------------------------------|
> 1. | bakery and confectionery workers' international union;
> american |
> 2. | photo-
> engravers |
> 3. | glass
> bottle blowers |
> 4. |
> switch men |
> 5. | mechanics and foremen of naval shore
> establishments |
>
> |-----------------------------------------------------------------|
> 6. | plate printers, die stampers and
> engravers |
> 7. | laundry and dry
> cleaning |
> 8. | stove
> mounters |
>
> +-----------------------------------------------------------------+
>
> --------------------------------------------------------------
> -----------------
> -> pol_dem = 2
>
> +--------------------------------------+
> | union |
> |--------------------------------------|
> 1. | state, county and municipal workers |
> 2. | communications association; american |
> 3. | hatters, cap and millinery workers |
> +--------------------------------------+
>
> Perhaps the answer is cut and paste.
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