Hmm. I missed this reply earlier. The /*
*/ notation implies one line broken in two.
If you put the code in a do file, it runs fine, I think.
You don't have scnv because
. g byte s=0
should be
. g byte scnv=0
by analogy to the next loop. Sorry about that.
On 8/17/05, James Avery <[email protected]> wrote:
> Austin,
>
> Thanks. But I don't have a scnv variable, just mean
> cnv and nd. I tried what you suggested and i get
> "invalid syntax" after
>
> forval d=1/7 {
> replace scnv=max(0,scnv)+ /*
> */
> max(0,mcnv[_n-`d']*inrange(nd[_n-`d'],nd-7,nd-1)) if
> nfirst==0
> }
>
> Or I don't know what scnv is suppose to be?
>
> James
>
>
> --- austin nichols <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > The first egen should read, of course,
> > . egen mcnv=mean(cnv), by(nd)
> >
> > and you will almost certainly want to clean up after
> > the commands below:
> > . egen mean7day=max(m7cnv), by(nd)
> > . drop mcnv scnv cnv m7cnv nfirst
> >
> > On 8/17/05, austin nichols <[email protected]>
> > wrote:
> > > I assume you have numeric date nd, and compute
> > mean cnv across
> > > individuals as, e.g.
> > > . egen mcnv=mean(cnv), by nd
> > >
> > > If you have data on every day, or you don't care
> > if any are missing,
> > > and you really want the prior 7 calendar days, you
> > could start with
> > > . bys nd: gen byte nfirst=(_n!=1)
> > > . sort nfirst nd
> > > . set obs `=_N+7'
> > > . replace nd=0 if nd==.
> > > . g byte s=0
> > > . forval d=1/7 {
> > > replace scnv=max(0,scnv)+ /*
> > > */
> > max(0,mcnv[_n-`d']*inrange(nd[_n-`d'],nd-7,nd-1)) if
> > nfirst==0
> > > }
> > > . g byte ccnv=0
> > > . forval d=1/7 {
> > > replace ccnv=ccnv+(mcnv[_n-`d']!=. &
> > inrange(nd[_n-`d'],nd-7,nd-1)!=0)
> > > }
> > > . g m7cnv=scnv/ccnv
> > >
> > >
> > > On 8/17/05, James Avery <[email protected]>
> > wrote:
> > > > Dear all,
> > > > I would like to create a new variable, prior
> > > > week campaign news volume (PWCNV) that is the
> > mean CNV
> > > > for the prior 7 days. Is it possible to do this
> > with
> > > > the egen mean function or with another egen
> > function?
> > >
> >
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