st: use of tempfile

[Prakash Singh <prakashbhu@gmail.com>]

Dear stata listers

I have a stata data for reason I need to break the data around this
variable state_code and re merge it according to my requirement. I
have written this code but the data I am getting finally after merging
has variable for last state only. Important issue is I want the final
remerged data but not the individual state data in addition.

Any suggestion to improve my code.

tempfile mydata
use "sales.dta", clear
local vars "state_code exp_val sales_val"
levelsof state_code, local(state)
foreach s of local state {
  preserve
  keep if state_code==`i'
  foreach var of varlist `vars' {
    ren `var' `var'_`i'
  }
  sort common_id
  save `mydata', replace
  restore
 }
 contract common_id
 drop _freq
 foreach s of local state {
   merge common_id using `mydata'
   drop _merge
   sort common_id
 }
save "sales_1.dta",replace
}


Prakash
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