Re: st: summing the values of all observations of a variable inStata 8.2

[Suzy <scott_788@wowway.com>]

Thank you!

Richard Williams wrote:

> At 06:27 PM 6/10/2005 -0400, Suzy wrote:
>
> > Hi Statamembers,
> >
> > Is there an easy command  to sum the values of all observations of a 
> > variable. I've searched the internet for info, but haven't found 
> > anything yet.
> >
> > For example:
> >
> > ID        bmi
> > 1            26
> > 2            18
> > 3            20
> >
> > SUM bmi = 64
>
> . summarize bmi
>
>     Variable |       Obs        Mean    Std. Dev.       Min        Max
> -------------+--------------------------------------------------------
>          bmi |         3    21.33333    4.163332         18         26
>
> . display r(sum)
> 64
>
>
> Another way:
>
> . egen sumbmi = sum(bmi)
>
>
>
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