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Stata Keep

-keep- subsets cases or variables.

Usage

keep foo bar baz

keep if foo==1

keep in 1/10

Note that variables are not re-ordered by -keep-. See -order- for that functionality.

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-The '''`keep`''' command is used to subset cases or variables. See also the [[Stata/Drop|drop]] command.
+'''`-keep-`''' subsets cases or variables.

See also [[Stata/Drop|-drop-]].
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-Note that the variables kept are not re-ordered. See the [[Stata/Order|order]] command for that functionality.



=== Cases ===

{{{
keep if foo==1
keep in 1/10
}}}
+Note that variables are not re-ordered by `-keep-`. See [[Stata/Order|-order-]] for that functionality.