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Re: st: merge problem


From   Anders Alexandersson <[email protected]>
To   [email protected]
Subject   Re: st: merge problem
Date   Fri, 21 Sep 2012 09:31:11 -0400

Make the key variable "numven" numeric in both files, or string in
both files, or (probably worse) specify -merge ..., force-.

Anders Alexandersson
[email protected]

On Fri, Sep 21, 2012 at 9:25 AM, Nick Cox <[email protected]> wrote:
> The display formats are immaterial here; the difference is presumably
> in variable or storage type.
>
> Nick
>
> On Fri, Sep 21, 2012 at 2:22 PM, Jerome Fauconnier
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> I have just understood : my old variable "numven" exists in the two files, but in two different formats.
>> So, it cannot be merged !
>> Thank you
>
> Le 21 sept. 2012 à 15:08, Jerome Fauconnier a écrit :
>
>>> I am using Stata 12.
>>> I have two files that I want to merge with a new variable "numhosp" which I have just created from a existing variable "numven".
>>> When I try to merge the two files with the following command :
>>> "merge 1:1 numhosp using lamda2011"
>>> I have got the following error message :
>>> "numven is double in using data"
>>>
>>> I don't use "numven" in the merge command. Why is it taken in account?
>
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