> In ACCESS the IIF function returns one value if a specified condition
> evaluates to TRUE, or another value if it evaluates to FALSE:
>
> IIF (condition, value_if_true, value_if_false)
>
> condition is the value that you want to test.
> value_if_true is the value that is returned if condition evaluates to TRUE.
> value_if_false is the value that is return if condition evaluates to FALSE
>
> I'm looking for a similar function in STATA in order to set a variable to
> two different values based on a condition test.
>
> Is there such a function existing? Or, any other easy way to work this out?
There is indeed an analogous function called cond() (which actually has two formx)
cond(x,a,b)
cond(x,a,b,c)
Where x is the test,
a is true,
b is false,
and c if x evaluates to missing.
See man progfun and the others listed under man functions for more useful functions.
Neil
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