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On Wed, Mar 12, 2008 at 1:42 PM, sdm1 <[email protected]> wrote:
> It's rather a coincidence but...how would you undertake the reverse
> operation? That is, I need to fill in the 'gaps' and go from:
>
> > +---------------------------+
> > | table quarter n |
> > |---------------------------|
> > | qtr_a.dta 1 128 |
> > | 2 129 |
> > | 3 128 |
> > | 4 4 |
> > | qtr_b.dta 1 130 |
> > | 2 129 |
> > | 3 130 |
> > | 4 5 |
> > +---------------------------+
>
> to
>
> > qtr_a.dta 1 128
> > qtr_a.dta 2 129
> > qtr_a.dta 3 128
> > qtr_a.dta 4 4
> > qtr_b.dta 1 130
> > qtr_b.dta 2 129
> > qtr_b.dta 3 130
> > qtr_b.dta 4 5
>
> Thanks.
>
> Steve
>
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