use event.dta, clear
use person.dta, background("person")
** ^ leaves event.dta as the "current" data, but reads in person.dta in the "background", storing it with label "person"
ds
** event_id date location
ds, using("person")
** person_id age gender location
tab gender, using("person")
br, using("person")
merge m:m location using_bk("person"), gen_bk("person_event")
** ^ creates "person_event" table in memory in the "background", leaving currently loaded data alone
use_bk "person", switch("event")
** ^ takes table "person" from the background as the current data, puts current data into background as "event"
# R object containing reference to the auto data set for comparisons autoin <- "/Applications/Stata/ado/base/a/auto.dta" # Read with Haven autoHaven <- haven::read_dta(autoin) # Write out separate versions of the files to further test foreign::write.dta(autoHaven, "/Applications/Stata/ado/base/a/autoforeign.dta") haven::write_dta(autoHaven, "/Applications/Stata/ado/base/a/autohaven.dta")
foreach i in auto.dta autoStatTransfer.dta autoforeign.dta autohaven.dta {
di `"File `i' Hexadecimal Dump: "'
hexdump `i', analyze
}
File auto.dta Hexadecimal Dump:
Line-end characters Line length (tab=1)
\r\n (Windows) 0 minimum 2
\r by itself (Mac) 13 maximum 3,180
\n by itself (Unix) 19
Space/separator characters Number of lines 32
[blank] 132 EOL at EOF? yes
[tab] 8
[comma] (,) 5 Length of first 5 lines
Control characters Line 1 3,180
binary 0 2,816 Line 2 42
CTL excl. \r, \n, \t 531 Line 3 168
DEL 17 Line 4 129
Extended (128-159,255) 133 Line 5 3
ASCII printable
A-Z 306
a-z 1,464 File format BINARY
0-9 143
Special (!@#$ etc.) 565
Extended (160-254) 304
---------------
Total 6,443
Observed were:
\0 ^A ^B ^C ^D ^E ^F ^G ^H \t \n ^K ^L \r ^N ^O ^P ^Q ^R ^S ^T ^U ^V ^W
^X ^Y ^Z Esc 28 29 30 31 blank ! " # $ % & ' ( ) * + , - . / 0 1 2 3 4 5
6 7 8 9 : ; < = > ? @ A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P R S T U V W X Y Z
[ \ ^ _ ` a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z { } DEL
128 E^B E^C E^D E^E E^F E^H E^J E^L E^M E^N E^O E^P E^R E^S E^T E^U E^V
E^W E^X E^Y E^Z 155 156 157 159 160 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? 255
File autoStatTransfer.dta Hexadecimal Dump:
Line-end characters Line length (tab=1)
\r\n (Windows) 0 minimum 1
\r by itself (Mac) 20 maximum 3,090
\n by itself (Unix) 29
Space/separator characters Number of lines 50
[blank] 120 EOL at EOF? no
[tab] 15
[comma] (,) 5 Length of first 5 lines
Control characters Line 1 71
binary 0 2,996 Line 2 3,090
CTL excl. \r, \n, \t 508 Line 3 43
DEL 4 Line 4 141
Extended (128-159,255) 192 Line 5 31
ASCII printable
A-Z 257
a-z 1,150 File format BINARY
0-9 308
Special (!@#$ etc.) 539
Extended (160-254) 283
---------------
Total 6,406
Observed were:
\0 ^A ^B ^C ^D ^E ^F ^G ^H \t \n ^K ^L \r ^N ^O ^P ^Q ^R ^S ^T ^U ^V ^W
^X ^Y ^Z Esc 28 29 30 31 blank ! " # $ % & ' ( ) * + , - . / 0 1 2 3 4 5
6 7 8 9 : < = > ? @ A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
[ \ ^ _ ` a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z } DEL 128
E^B E^C E^D E^E E^F E^H E^J E^L E^M E^N E^O E^P E^R E^S E^T E^U E^W E^X
E^Y E^Z 155 156 157 159 160 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? 255
File autoforeign.dta Hexadecimal Dump:
Line-end characters Line length (tab=1)
\r\n (Windows) 0 minimum 2
\r by itself (Mac) 19 maximum 2,172
\n by itself (Unix) 29
Space/separator characters Number of lines 49
[blank] 103 EOL at EOF? no
[tab] 11
[comma] (,) 5 Length of first 5 lines
Control characters Line 1 2,172
binary 0 4,759 Line 2 68
CTL excl. \r, \n, \t 519 Line 3 225
DEL 5 Line 4 44
Extended (128-159,255) 84 Line 5 207
ASCII printable
A-Z 196
a-z 807 File format BINARY
0-9 70
Special (!@#$ etc.) 344
Extended (160-254) 234
---------------
Total 7,166
Observed were:
\0 ^A ^B ^C ^D ^E ^F ^G ^H \t \n ^K ^L \r ^N ^O ^P ^Q ^R ^S ^T ^U ^V ^W
^X ^Y ^Z Esc 28 29 30 31 blank ! " # $ % & ' ( ) * + , - . 0 1 2 3 4 5 6
7 8 9 < = > ? @ A B C D E F G H I J L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z [ \ ^
_ ` a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z } DEL 128 E^B
E^C E^D E^E E^F E^H E^J E^L E^M E^N E^O E^P E^R E^S E^T E^U E^W E^X E^Y
E^Z 155 156 157 159 160 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
? ? ? ? ? ? ? 255
File autohaven.dta Hexadecimal Dump:
Line-end characters Line length (tab=1)
\r\n (Windows) 0 minimum 2
\r by itself (Mac) 19 maximum 2,172
\n by itself (Unix) 29
Space/separator characters Number of lines 49
[blank] 108 EOL at EOF? no
[tab] 12
[comma] (,) 5 Length of first 5 lines
Control characters Line 1 2,172
binary 0 4,782 Line 2 68
CTL excl. \r, \n, \t 523 Line 3 225
DEL 5 Line 4 44
Extended (128-159,255) 80 Line 5 207
ASCII printable
A-Z 213
a-z 841 File format BINARY
0-9 58
Special (!@#$ etc.) 343
Extended (160-254) 248
---------------
Total 7,247
Observed were:
\0 ^A ^B ^C ^D ^E ^F ^G ^H \t \n ^K ^L \r ^N ^O ^P ^Q ^R ^S ^T ^U ^V ^W
^X ^Y ^Z Esc 28 29 30 31 blank ! " # $ % & ' ( ) * + , - . 0 1 2 3 4 5 6
7 8 9 : < = > ? @ A B C D E F G H I J L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z [ \
^ _ ` a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z } DEL 128 E^B
E^C E^D E^E E^F E^H E^J E^L E^M E^N E^O E^P E^R E^S E^T E^U E^W E^X E^Y
E^Z 155 156 157 159 160 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? 255
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