Re: st: max value

[David Kantor <dkantor@jhu.edu>]

Ronnie Wrote:

> Hi (stata8, win2k)
> I have 3 variables p1 p2 p3. I need to generate a new variable pred
>
> "pred" ==
> 1 if p1 is the largest of the 3,
> 2 if p2 is the largest
> and 3 if p3 is the largest
> [...]
This is not particularly difficult, but the problem, as stated is 
ambiguous. What do you want to happen if the maximal value occurs in more 
than one of the variables?

--David

David Kantor
Institute for Policy Studies
Johns Hopkins University
dkantor@jhu.edu
410-516-5404

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