Re: st: problem with swor and by

[Richard Williams <Richard.A.Williams.5@nd.edu>]

At 02:16 AM 12/20/2004 -0800, Gabriel Demombynes wrote:
> When I do the following, I get different results each
> time I run the
> program:
>
> set seed 6662
> use alldata, clear
> swor 1, gen(select) by(sex)
> li
In Nick's successful example, I notice he puts the -set seed- command right 
before the -swor- command.  You might try that, just in case something in 
the intermediate commands is affecting the seed.  (Perhaps -clear- resets 
the seed?)


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