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Re: st: Data management


From   Nick Cox <[email protected]>
To   [email protected]
Subject   Re: st: Data management
Date   Wed, 6 Mar 2013 11:26:35 +0000

For -write- read -file-

Nick

On Wed, Mar 6, 2013 at 10:44 AM, Nick Cox <[email protected]> wrote:
> On this information, my guess is that you need to write your own
> program using -write-. Perhaps you should go upstream and query why
> the data are provided in this form and whether there is something more
> civilised as an alternative form.
>
> Nick
>
> On Wed, Mar 6, 2013 at 7:37 AM, Sajid Mukhtar Chaudhry
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>> Hi all,
>> Could anyone please answer my question regarding data management. It is about looping a variable which exists in a column and I want to put them in rows, for example I have the data in the following format:
>>
>> 1. bank
>> 2. id
>> 3. 367
>> 4. lead
>> 5. bank:
>> 6. Bank
>> 7. of
>> 8. America,
>> 9. Citibank
>> 10. N.A.,
>> 11. Bookrunner:
>> 12. Barclays
>> 13. bank
>> 14. plc,
>>
>> The numbers show rows and the whole data is in one column. I want to put them in different columns like:
>>
>> 1. id           Lead bank1               Lead bank2      Bookrunner
>> 2. 367        Bank of America      Citibank N.A.   Barclays bank plc
>>
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