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POCarrying string labels of string variable after reshape
 

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    <p>I have dataset in Stata that looks like this</p> <pre><code>entityID indicator indicatordescr indicatorvalue 1 gdp Gross Domestic 100 1 pop Population 15 1 area Area 50 2 gdp Gross Domestic 200 2 pop Population 10 2 area Area 300 </code></pre> <p>and there is a one-to-one mapping between values of <code>indicator</code> and values of <code>indicatordescr</code>.</p> <p>I want to reshape it to wide, i.e. to:</p> <pre><code>entityID gdp pop area 1 100 15 50 2 200 10 300 </code></pre> <p>where I would like <code>gdp</code> variable label to be "Gross Domestic", <code>pop</code> label "Population" and <code>area</code> "Area".</p> <p>Unfortunately, as I understand, it is not possible to assign the value of <code>indicatordescr</code> as a value label of <code>indicator</code>, so the reshape can't transform these value labels into variable labels.</p> <p>I have looked at this : <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/18236066/bring-value-labels-to-variable-labels-when-reshaping-wide">Bring value labels to variable labels when reshaping wide</a></p> <p>and this : <a href="http://www.stata.com/support/faqs/data-management/apply-labels-after-reshape/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">http://www.stata.com/support/faqs/data-management/apply-labels-after-reshape/</a></p> <p>but did not understand how to apply those to my case.</p> <p>NB: the variable labeling after reshape must be done programatically, because <code>indicator</code> and <code>indicatordescr</code> have many values.</p>
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