As a proof this would be fallacious. I'm guessing
from context that -oldvar- consists of integers only.
Nick
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: [email protected]
> [mailto:[email protected]]On Behalf Of Nick Cox
> Sent: 30 March 2004 19:17
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: st: RE: identifying even & odd numbers
>
>
> gen odd = mod(oldvar,2)
>
> Rationale: if the remainder on dividing -oldvar- by
> 2 is 1, then -oldvar- is odd; otherwise it is even.
>
> Nick
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>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: [email protected]
> > [mailto:[email protected]]On Behalf Of
> Danielle H.
> > Ferry
> > Sent: 30 March 2004 19:10
> > To: [email protected]
> > Subject: st: identifying even & odd numbers
> >
> >
> > Hi,
> > I apologize if this has been addressed previously. I haven't found
> > anything in the archives, though I feel as though it surely must be
> > there somewhere. I am wondering if there is a way to create a new
> > variable that takes on a value if another variable is an even
> > or an odd
> > number. For example, can you do something like this:
> > ge newvar = 1 if oldvar is even
> > If this has made its way thru the list before, perhaps someone can
> > suggest better search keywords for the archives? Thanks.
> > Danielle Ferry
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