I would like to sort data within a set of variables (within a row). The
set of variables describe officer names, surname first. For example, some
of the data are
| tvp1 tvp2 tvp3 |
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
466. | massagli,mark wood,j. dessent,harold |
476. | beletz,elaine carter,annie curtis,barbara |
484. | bradshaw,joe brown,arnold dunaway,lowell |
497. | schneider,mark mullins,bobby sump,lawrence |
The desired outcome is
| tvp1 tvp2 tvp3 |
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
466. | massagli,mark dessent,harold wood,j. |
476. | beletz,elaine carter,annie curtis,barbara |
484. | bradshaw,joe brown,arnold dunaway,lowell |
497. | mullins,bobby schneider,mark sump,lawrence |
such that the id number remains the same and the data are shuffled within
the tvp# variables. This will permit an assessment of change in officers
between years without looping over all the variables of a similar type
(i.e. vice presidents or presidents).
I considered using reshape, but at least in my hands that leads to a very
long kludge.
Thanks!
Caleb
[email protected]
University of Oregon Sociology
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