COUNTMATCH: Stata module to count matching values for one variable in another

Nicholas Cox

Statistical Software Components from Boston College Department of Economics

Abstract: countmatch counts observations for which each distinct value of var1 is matched by (is equal to) var2, whether for the same observation or for some different observation. var1 and var2 should be both numeric or both string. countmatch supersedes the previous fndmtch2, now withdrawn. The help file includes detailed notes on the problem.

Language: Stata
Requires: Stata version 8
Keywords: data management; duplicates; matching (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2006-11-04, Revised 2006-11-07
Note: This module should be installed from within Stata by typing "ssc install countmatch". The module is made available under terms of the GPL v3 (https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt). Windows users should not attempt to download these files with a web browser.
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http://fmwww.bc.edu/repec/bocode/c/countmatch.ado program code (text/plain)
http://fmwww.bc.edu/repec/bocode/c/countmatch.hlp help file (text/plain)

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