I have the following monthly data by coordinates (below). The data is by longitude and latitude, how can I reshape the data into wide form so that each column is a coordinate and each row is a month?
Month2
Month3
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Month12
I have tried to create an ID for each coordinate but ran intro trouble because of the negative sign. Is there a way around it? Thank you!
coordinate1 coordinate2 coordinate3...Month1
Month2
Month3
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Month12
I have tried to create an ID for each coordinate but ran intro trouble because of the negative sign. Is there a way around it? Thank you!
Code:
* Example generated by -dataex-. To install: ssc install dataex clear input str3 iso3 int lon byte(lat month) float precip "AFG" 61 32 1 .9966658 "AFG" 61 32 2 .15671173 "AFG" 61 32 3 .2424774 "AFG" 61 32 4 0 "AFG" 61 32 5 0 "AFG" 61 32 6 0 "AFG" 61 32 7 0 "AFG" 61 32 8 0 "AFG" 61 32 9 0 "AFG" 61 32 10 0 "AFG" 61 32 11 .121536 "AFG" 61 32 12 .3886606 "AFG" 61 33 1 1.133129 "AFG" 61 33 2 .3552083 "AFG" 61 33 3 .3072774 "AFG" 61 33 4 .008316 "AFG" 61 33 5 0 "AFG" 61 33 6 0 "AFG" 61 33 7 0 "AFG" 61 33 8 .000836129 "AFG" 61 33 9 .048312 "AFG" 61 33 10 .016165162 "AFG" 61 33 11 .190656 "AFG" 61 33 12 .6389768 "AFG" 61 34 1 1.2373316 "AFG" 61 34 2 .6235324 "AFG" 61 34 3 .3563652 "AFG" 61 34 4 .017568 "AFG" 61 34 5 0 end