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From | Nick Cox <n.j.cox@durham.ac.uk> |
To | "'statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu'" <statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu> |
Subject | st: RE: how to transform variables again! |
Date | Tue, 15 Nov 2011 12:48:07 +0000 |
Answers were implied in both of the previous answers by Daniel Klein and myself. gen group1 = var1[1] gen group2 = var2[1] drop in 1 reshape long var group , i(code) sort group code Now that you know that your problems are -reshape- after a little preparation, the next one is set as an exercise. Nick n.j.cox@durham.ac.uk econqian How to transform the original format of two variables to the new format of two variables? Original format code Var1 Var2 4 8 1 54 89 2 87 28 3 39 75 4 99 96 5 119 100 New format code Va1 Var2 1 54 4 2 87 4 3 39 4 4 99 4 5 119 4 1 89 8 2 28 8 3 75 8 4 96 8 5 100 8 * * 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/