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| From | Nick Cox <njcoxstata@gmail.com> |
| To | statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu |
| Subject | Re: st: Keep data according to one data file's varlist |
| Date | Wed, 7 Nov 2012 18:46:27 +0000 |
Sounds like . drop var2 var4 Nick On Wed, Nov 7, 2012 at 6:41 PM, Zhangqunzi <zhangqunzi@googlemail.com> wrote: > I have two dta files, first one with variables : var 1 2 3 4 5 > Second one with > Variables: vart 1 3 5 > > As their names. > > Now I would like to drop the extra variables in data file 1 which are var 2 4. * * For searches and help try: * http://www.stata.com/help.cgi?search * http://www.stata.com/support/faqs/resources/statalist-faq/ * http://www.ats.ucla.edu/stat/stata/