Date:         Thu, 15 Jul 2010 03:48:02 -0500
Reply-To:     M D <tant07@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         M D <tant07@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      similar group identification
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Hi,

I have a problem and I am not sure what's the best way to solve.

My dataset looks like the following:

Group         Company
1                       A
1                       B
1                       C
2                       A
2                       Z
3                       A
3                       B
3                       C
4                       B

and so on...
I want to identify groups that are similar in structure. For example, in the
above example, group 1 and 3 are similar. In that case, I want to create a
new column identifying the similar groups in some fashion.

It will be great if you can help me with this.

Many thanks in advance.

Best,
Mike.