Note that in the same way the mean is stored in r(mean) the sum of the
variable is stored
in r(sum). Type return list.
The command collapse can create datasets with summary statistics.
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Rajiv Mallick" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, January 21, 2003 7:15 PM
Subject: st: column total
> The following code gives me means of the variables. How can I modify the
> following code to obtain column total of variables Price1 Price2 and
Price3?
>
> OR is there a better way of collecting column total of variables and store
> in a .dta file.
>
> If you want to verify, the column totals are 456229.018, 1576.0002,
> 221.499982 for Price1 Price2 and Price3.
>
> Thank you all for your suggestions.
> Rajiv
>
> code
> -----------
> clear
> use "D:\Stata\auto.dta", clear
> rename price price1
> rename mpg price2
> rename headroom price3
> local vars price1 price2 price3
>
> postfile temp_res m1 m2 using "e:\clm\data\temp_res.dta",double replace
>
> foreach v of local vars {
> qui summ `v',detail
> post temp_res (r(mean))
> }
> postclose temp_res
> clear
> --------------------
> end of code
>
>
> Rajiv Mallick
> 504 818 0204
>
>
>
>
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