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Export data to Pajek .net format

stata2pajek ego alter[, edges tiestrength() filename()]

Description

stata2pajek exports data to the ".net" format read by Pajek, Network
Workbench, and many other social network analysis packages.

Remarks

The program assumes that you already have used Stata to create an edge list
or arc list. You specify which (string or numeric) variable identifies ego and
which alter. Specifying a tie strength variable is optional. stata2pajek
converts this to .net format, which is a Windows-formatted text file beginning
with a list of vertices (aka nodes) and their labels, followed by a list of ties
(arcs or edges).

As an alternative to this program, you may wish to use outsheet then
process the saved output with the Windows program txt2pajek.

Note that stata2pajek treats the Stata versions of your id variables as
labels even if they are numeric. Thus if you have a node called #15 in Stata
it will not necessarily also be called #15 in Pajek. Please see the vertice
section of the .net file (which is human-readable text) to see the
correspondence.

Options

edges specifies that ties should be treated as edges (symmetrical ties).
The default is to treat ties as arcs (directed ties).

filename() allows you to name the output file. By default it is named
mypajekfile.net

Examples

. *create a random network with 10 nodes and export it as pajek

. clear

. set obs 200

. gen i=int(uniform()*10)+1

. gen j=int(uniform()*10)+1

. contract i j, freq(strength)

. drop if i==j

. sort i j

. stata2pajek i j, tiestrength(strength) filename(samplerandomnetwork)

Author

Gabriel Rossman, UCLA

rossman@soc.ucla.edu

Also see

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