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Re: st: RE: merge two datasets-variable str8 str10
From
R Zhang <[email protected]>
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Subject
Re: st: RE: merge two datasets-variable str8 str10
Date
Fri, 28 Mar 2014 19:07:37 -0400
Thank you, Joe!
On Fri, Mar 28, 2014 at 10:49 AM, Joe Canner <[email protected]> wrote:
> Rochelle,
>
> Try it and see!
>
> Stata will adust the string length in the merged data set to accommodate the larger strings, so there should be no problem.
>
> The only time this issue comes up is if one data set has a variable as numeric and the other data set has the corresponding variable as string.
>
> Regards,
> Joe Canner
> Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of R Zhang
> Sent: Friday, March 28, 2014 10:44 AM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: st: merge two datasets-variable str8 str10
>
> Dear Statalisters,
>
> My two datasets both have cusip variable. Its type is str8 in one data
> and str10 in the other. my question is: do I need to change to a
> common type before merging ?
>
> thanks,
>
> Rochelle
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