Hello,
Something got mixed up. This was not my question - I am not cameron. I will
resend my question.
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From: [email protected]
[mailto:[email protected]]On Behalf Of Fred Wolfe
Sent: Tuesday, January 18, 2005 12:00 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: st: if command
There are many ways to code efficiently in Stata, but except to tell us
that the problem is complex, you don't provide enough information about the
problem for us to make suggestions. We need sufficient details.
Fred Wolfe
Fred Wolfe
At 10:13 AM 1/18/2005, you wrote:
>Hello
>
>What is the best way to achieve the following in stata? I have a
>reasonably complex logical test and number of new variables to generate as
>a result of applying the test. Here is a minimal example. The real problem
>is more complex, but this captures the spirit:
>
>gen var1 = 1 if fpi == "big"
>gen var2 = 1 if fpi == "big"
>replace var1 = 2 if fpi == "small"
>replace var2 == 12 if fpi =="small"
>
>Repeating the condition seems inefficient especially if it was very
>complex (it is) and if I have to create many new variables (I do). I was
>thinking some like this:
>
>if fpi == "big" {
> gen var1 = 1
> gen var2 = 1
>}
>if fpi == "small {
> replace var1 = 2
> replace var2 = 12
>}
>
>Not much of a saving in this example, but in a more complex problem the
>saving would, I think, be measurable. However, I know from experimentation
>and from a previous thread that this code does not work as expected. Is
>there a solution or should I should I just use the first coding style?
>Thanks in advance.
>
>Cameron
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National Data Bank for Rheumatic Diseases
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