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Re: st: Post codes to locality
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Ronnie Babigumira <[email protected]>
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Re: st: Post codes to locality
Date
Mon, 23 Apr 2012 13:29:51 +0200
-merge- ?
if postcode is common to both files then you should be able to -merge- and then keep if _merge == 3 no?
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On Monday, April 23, 2012 at 1:14 PM, Paul O'Brien wrote:
> I have a clinical database with postcodes of patients and want to convert the post codes to locality (LSOA). I have a file with corresponding post codes/locality, but there are over 1m post codes in England and around 35,000 localities.
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> An gen .. if ... command takes for ever.
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> Is there a simper way?
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> Thanks,
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> Paul
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