Scott,
Thank you so much! I sincerely apologize for sending the mail twice -
I was really frustrated and could not help doing that after waiting.
Thanks again!
Robin
On Mon, 21 Feb 2005 19:23:11 -0600, Scott Merryman <[email protected]> wrote:
> Robin,
>
> Stata is doing exactly what you typed - though what you want.
>
> The third -replace- statement is true in 1963, though age in 1962 is still
> 0. 1962's age does not change until the fourth -replace- statement.
>
> If you put -list- after each of your replace commands, you can see how Stata
> is working through the commands.
>
> That said, I believe this will accomplish what you want:
>
> clear
> input firmid year age_a age_b weight_a weight_b
> 100 1960 10 . . .
> 100 1961 11 2 0.9 0.1
> 100 1962 12 . . .
> 100 1963 13 10 0.7 0.3
> 100 1964 14 . . .
> 100 1965 15 . . .
> 100 1966 16 5 0.8 0.2
> 101 1940 1 . . .
> 101 1941 2 10 0.6 0.4
> 101 1942 3 . . .
> end
> l
> sort firmid year
> qui {
> gen age=0
> by firm: replace age=age_a if _n==1 & age_b==.
> by firm: replace age=(age_a*weight_a + age_b*weight_b) if _n==1 & age_b~=.
>
> levels year, local(levels)
> foreach l of local levels {
> by firm: replace age = age[_n-1] + 1 if _n > 1 & age_b == . & year
> == `l'
> by firm: replace age = (age[_n-1]+1)*weight_a + age_b*weight_b if _n
> >1 & age_b !=. & year == `l'
> }
> }
> l
>
> Hope this helps,
>
> Scott
>
> PS: It is bad form to post a message twice in the same day.
>
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