Re: st: how to delete observations with missing data

[David Kantor <dkantor@jhu.edu>]

At 03:27 PM 10/15/2004 -0400, Sarah Smith wrote:
> Dear STATA users;
>
> I have a panel data and I want to delete the observations where the
> data in the variable "name" is missing. I will appreciate if you can
> help me.
>
> Thanks,
> Sarah
> [...]
drop if mi(name)

...unless there is something more complex, like strings filled with blanks.

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I hope this helps,
--David


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

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