Stata will find it hard to take the square root of a data set, but the
square root of a variable is attainable.
try:
gen square = sqrt(diameter)
noting that parentheses, not braces, delimit the argument of a function.
Phil
At 09:31 PM 6/10/2004 -0500, you wrote:
I am a beginning stat major, and I am trying to figure out how to command the
stata program to take the square root of a data set, after I have already
infiled some data.
I typed:
gen square = sqrt{diameter}
but it doesnt work
it says sqrt not found.
does anyone know the command?
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