Notice: On April 23, 2014, Statalist moved from an email list to a forum, based at statalist.org.
[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index]
st: RE: AW: AW: RE: AW: RE: Transposing datasets
From
"Nick Cox" <[email protected]>
To
<[email protected]>
Subject
st: RE: AW: AW: RE: AW: RE: Transposing datasets
Date
Mon, 2 Aug 2010 14:34:59 +0100
No arguments here.
Sometimes we all just want to get results quickly and accurately, and
care not a jot about logic. Sometimes understanding exactly what is
going on is the best prescription because it is all too likely that your
next such problem will not be identical and you will need to know how to
change the solution.
Nick
[email protected]
Martin Weiss
Nick himself advocated "first principles" in
http://www.stata.com/statalist/archive/2010-05/msg01165.html, btw...
Martin Weiss
"( Also, I learned something about using subinstr() in the rename
command
from your post, thanks )"
Cheers! I love to work from first principles whenever possible, so my
use of
-subinstr()- was not intended to detract from the appeal of NJC`s
-findit
renvars-...
Eric Booth
( Also, I learned something about using
subinstr() in the rename command from your post, thanks )
*
* For searches and help try:
* http://www.stata.com/help.cgi?search
* http://www.stata.com/support/statalist/faq
* http://www.ats.ucla.edu/stat/stata/