Something like the following should work:
. gen tempgrp = int(_n/4 +.75)
. bysort tempgrp: replace var = var[_N]
. drop tempgrp
Thomas J. Steichen
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> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Leny Mathew
> Sent: Monday, July 11, 2005 8:28 AM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: st: The replace function
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> Hi,
> I have a vector variable in which I want to replace the
> first three
> values by the fourth value; the fifth, sixth, seventh by the eight
> value; and so on till the end- the 960th value. This could be
> done with
> a loop, but the replace function in stata does not allow me
> to replace
> a specific observation in the vector. It allows me to replace the
> vector as a whole. Does any body know of a way in which the function
> can be made to replace specific values? Is there any other
> way of doing
> this?
>
> Thank you,
>
> Leny
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