One small thing that comes and goes: if you merge two files, some variable names in the merged file come through rudimentary, eg
freq sex
of patient N Female 226 Male 271 Missing 94 Total 591
but correct with:
freq sex /vnl
sex of patient N Female 226 Male 271 Missing 94 Total 591
Not a really problem, just a small thing to perhaps look at, and not for all field names.
Hans
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