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Re: st: load additional variable in stata


From   Michael Stewart <[email protected]>
To   statalist <[email protected]>
Subject   Re: st: load additional variable in stata
Date   Thu, 31 Oct 2013 08:51:08 -0400

Hi Marten  and Nick,

Thank you very much for your quick answers. As both of you have said,
I will go with the merge option after adding id_variable.
Thanks again for your time.



On Thu, Oct 31, 2013 at 8:26 AM, Nick Cox <[email protected]> wrote:
> -input- is an answer in principle, but useless in practice for your situation.
>
> In practice, if J variables will fit in memory, and J + K variables
> will fit in memory, then read in those J + K all at once. Anything
> else, e.g. a -merge- with the extra K variables, is likely to be much
> more work.
>
> Perhaps I am missing something here...
>
>
> Nick
> [email protected]
>
>
> On 31 October 2013 11:58, Michael Stewart
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>> Hi ,
>>
>> I am working with large  dataset and it takes a while to load the
>> dataset. Hence, I have resorted to using relevant variables by stata
>> commands
>> use varlist using xxx.dta
>>
>> My question: One I have loaded lets say var1 var2 var3 into stata ,
>> how is it possible to load one additional variable into stat memory
>> without clearing the memory.
>>
>> --
>> Thank you ,
>> Yours Sincerely,
>> Mike.
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Thank you ,
Yours Sincerely,
Mike.
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