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Re: st: RE: RE: automate selection of variables and observations from multiple CSV
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Argyn Kuketayev <[email protected]>
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Re: st: RE: RE: automate selection of variables and observations from multiple CSV
Date
Mon, 14 Mar 2011 15:28:19 -0400
var names are not an issue, because there's a variable of time period.
so the monthly values will be 'stacked', and i can find them by
matching the time period.
On Mon, Mar 14, 2011 at 3:22 PM, David Radwin <[email protected]> wrote:
> On second thought, rather than renaming variables, a much better idea
> would be to -generate- a variable that contains the year and month. Then
> you can -reshape- if necessary.
>
> David
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: [email protected] [mailto:owner-
>> [email protected]] On Behalf Of David Radwin
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>> Subject: st: RE: automate selection of variables and observations from
>> multiple CSV
>>
>> You can use a combination of for* loops in this fashion. You may also
> want
>> to -rename- some variables to include their month and year.
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