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st: st: Merging only one variable into master dataset in Stata11
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"Clifton Chow" <[email protected]>
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st: st: Merging only one variable into master dataset in Stata11
Date
Thu, 31 Mar 2011 01:55:29 -0500
Dear List,
Using Stata 11, does anyone know the syntax for merging only 1 variable from a large dataset (using) to another (master)?
In the old syntax, it used to be something like below:
merge id using H:\dataset\start_flat.dta, keep(salaryavg48)
But I can't get it to work in stata 11 even after ensuring the id variable is sorted in both datasets, and all I am interested is in bringing the salaryavg48 variable into my master dataset.
Any help is appreciated.
Thanks
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