The numbering will be ordered according to the sort order of the variables specified inside the group function (although the actual sort order of the data will not change). If you want them ordered by another variable then one of the more complex solutions will be required.
David
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-----Original Message-----
From: Buechte, Sebastian (Institut f�r Arbeitswissenschaften)
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Sent: 04 February 2005 11:19
To: [email protected]
Subject: AW: st: create unique variables
David,
honestly, nothing. Maybe its just too easy...
But how would you influence how the values will be ordered for the numbering process? When using the bysort-thing, you can decide how the values will be ordered before the id is attached to them. When using egen's group function, do you have to sort the data before?
Regards,
sebastian
>
> While both of the suggestions so far work fine, what is wrong
> with just:
>
> egen id=group(firstname lastname dob)
>
> David
> [email protected]
>
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