Ulrich gave a good answer to your question.
Could you please explain why this data structure is any sense better for
analysis?
Nick
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K Jensen
2009/1/13 Ulrich Kohler <[email protected]>:
> Am Dienstag, den 13.01.2009, 16:49 +0100 schrieb Ulrich Kohler:
>> Am Dienstag, den 13.01.2009, 15:37 +0000 schrieb K Jensen:
>> > Hi
>> >
>> > I would like to move from the following format
>> > ID Age Weight Height
>> > 1 23 140 62
>> > 2 64 96 72
>> > 3 49 123 67
>> >
>> > To this format:
>> > ID Var_name Var_value
>> > 1 Age 23
>> > 1 Weight 140
>> > 1 Height 62
>> > 2 Age 64
>> > 2 Weight 96
>> > 2 Height 72
>> > 3 Age 49
>> > 3 Weight 123
>> > 3 Height 67
>> >
>> > How can I do this in Stata? None of reshape, stack or xpose are
>> > exactly what I need.
>> >
>> > In reality I have over 100 variables rather than three--so I would
>> > like to avoid having to list the variables by name if possible.
>>
>>
>> local i 1
>> foreach var of varlist Age-Height {
>> local lab`i' `var'
>> ren `var' var`i++'
>> }
>> reshape long var, i(ID) j(Var_name)
>> lab val Var_name names
>> forv j = 1/`--i' {
>> lab def names `j' "`lab`j''", modify
>> }
>
>
> Or even shorter by using a String-Variable for Var_name:
>
> foreach var of varlist Age-Height {
> ren `var' var`var'
> }
> reshape long var, i(ID) j(Var_name) string
That's _so_ neat--thankyou Ulrich! Exactly what I needed.
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