Notice: On April 23, 2014, Statalist moved from an email list to a forum, based at statalist.org.
From | "Jason Becker" <Jason.Becker@ride.ri.gov> |
To | <statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu> |
Subject | st: RE: reshape command error |
Date | Wed, 17 Nov 2010 10:53:18 -0500 |
Hi Tehout, Might I recommend a few troubleshooting tips before switching machines? First, use Sergiy's code to produce a simplified data set and see if the command works then as written (pasted below for convenience): . clear . input Id probnum obs Id probnum obs 1. 1 1 1 2. 1 12 2 3. 1 14 3 4. 1 39 4 5. 1 40 5 6. 1 49 6 7. end . . reshape wide probnum, i(Id) j(obs) If that works, then it is almost certain that your install, computer, etc are not at issue and Nick is almost certainly right-- there is a peculiar observation or structure in your data which does not fit the simplified view you're presenting. At this stage, I might split my data set into say, 10, 50, or 100 observation chunks and try running the reshape on several of those. I suspect that it will execute perfectly on most but occasional get caught. When you get tossed back the same error again, look at the structure of those observations and if you can't figure out what's wrong, repost data that looks closer to that form and we can help out better. ___________________________________ Jason Becker Research Specialist Office of Data Analysis and Research Rhode Island Department of Education 255 Westminster Street Providence, RI 02903 (401)-222-8495 -----Original Message----- From: owner-statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu [mailto:owner-statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu] On Behalf Of Selameab, Tehout Sent: Wednesday, November 17, 2010 10:28 AM To: statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu Subject: st: reshape command error Thank you for your response Sergiy. Obviously, it worked for you! Still can't get it to work on my laptop. Will try another PC, although that shouldn't make a difference. I'm using Stata11/Windows on both laptop and desktop. Thanks again, Tehout * * 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/ * * 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/