[Gretl-devel] Re: inverse of stack() function

On Tue, 2 Mar 2021, atecon wrote: > > > Am 02.03.2021 15:11 schrieb Sven Schreiber: >> Am 26.02.2021 um 10:51 schrieb Sven Schreiber: >>> Am 19.02.2021 um 13:52 schrieb Allin Cottrell: >>>> On Fri, 19 Feb 2021, Riccardo (Jack) Lucchetti wrote: >>>> I can't think of an easier way of doing this, and your function >>>> seems to >>>> me a good candidate for "extra". One possible modification would be: >>>> >>>> function matrix unstack(series x, series names[null], \ >>>>     strings S[null]) >>>> >>>> where the caller needs to supply one of @names or @S, allowing for >>>> the >>>> possibility that there's no handy series holding group names and you >>>> therefore want to submit an array of group names directly. Or, >>>> drop the >>>> @S argument but be ready to construct automatic names (e.g. >>>> "unit%d") in >>>> case @names is not given. >>>> >>> >>> Jack, would you take care of pushing this into 'extra', or is further >>> discussion needed? >>> >> Please, what's the status here? > > Hi, > > I asked Jack to think about the possibility to make this a (I think) > natural extension of my user-contributed  "stack_data" package. But > no reply, yet ;-) Uhm, I think I'd rather have it inside "extra"; but I don't have a strong opinion on this, really.