I have a what is perhaps a related question.
Imagine, as is frequently the case, we have a main file, eg:
code measure1 measure2 ...
with another cross-reference file containing:
code description ...
Such code cross-reference combinations are common when dumping from
relational databases.
Typically one might do a merge, but this can be a problem if the
description is long and the main file is very large. What one really
wants is the cross-reference file to provide value labels to the main
file. This is both fast and parsimonious of space. I looked for such
a program without success so I wrote my own. I would be interested if
anyone knew of a user contributed program to do this, or if anyone
else felt the need for such a program, in which case I might spruce it
up for public consumption.
DC Elliott
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