Append/merge series
Posted: Thu Nov 18, 2010 6:03 pm
Hello,
Say I have two unstructured workfiles that contain series and alphas for all banks in the US for two different dates each of, say, 6000 lines. I am trying to append/merge (?) the series so that I will have in one workfile for each bank data on two dates or a total of 12000 lines. I have tried copy(m) file1::* file2:: but it seems to overwrite the existing series. In order for this to work, do I have to declare the cross-section units (i.e. bank code)?
Could you please help me with the appropriate code?
Thanks,
Javier
Say I have two unstructured workfiles that contain series and alphas for all banks in the US for two different dates each of, say, 6000 lines. I am trying to append/merge (?) the series so that I will have in one workfile for each bank data on two dates or a total of 12000 lines. I have tried copy(m) file1::* file2:: but it seems to overwrite the existing series. In order for this to work, do I have to declare the cross-section units (i.e. bank code)?
Could you please help me with the appropriate code?
Thanks,
Javier