egen 命令应用系列——1.合并两个变量concat()函数

egen是Stata中非常实用的一个命令，由于包含大量可以连用的函数，功能非常强大。这里做一个总结，把曾经使用过的功能进行一个记录。

help 原文如下

concat(varlist) [, format(%fmt) decode maxlength(#) punct(pchars)]
            may not be combined with by.  It concatenates varlist to produce a string variable.  Values of string
            variables are unchanged.  Values of numeric variables are converted to string, as is, or are converted
            using a numeric format under the format(%fmt) option or decoded under the decode option, in which case
            maxlength() may also be used to control the maximum label length used.  By default, variables are added
            end to end: punct(pchars) may be used to specify punctuation, such as a space, punct(" "), or a comma,
            punct(,).

应用示例

clear
inp str5 var1 var2
ASDS  2.334
SDDF  0.434
WESF  43.45
WSFS  3.455
end
egen var3=concat(var1 var2) //help egen  ；concat合并变量的命令

代码执行后的效果