Date:         Thu, 16 Jan 2003 18:02:03 -0600
Reply-To:     "Ro, Shungwon" <Shungwon.Ro@STATE.MN.US>
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From:         "Ro, Shungwon" <Shungwon.Ro@STATE.MN.US>
Subject:      matching records in SPSS
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Hello,

I have two related data files (say, A and B) in text format. Some fields (or
variables) have common records in both files; e.g., ID fields in both files
have about 70% of same IDs along with other records for each case (or row).
I need to incorporate these two data files into one using this common
variable, ID. How can I do that without losing cases that do not have
matching IDs in either file A or B? Your help would be very much
appreciated. Shung

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