if I use the command egen id = seq(), the id will be a sequential number from 1
to 29 without telling the internal group difference. What I tried to do to get a
sequential variable like 1 2 ..........17 1.......5 1 2 3.....7 instead of 1 2
3..............29.
Quoting Nick Cox <[email protected]>:
> This has the solution I gave previously. Do try it.
>
> Nick
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> > Sorry I did not state my question well. there are different
> > racial groups in my
> > sample. What i want to do is to give each racial group a
> > sequential number.
> > for example, I have 17 whites, 5 blacks and 7 others. then
> > the value of the
> > sequential variable I created would be: 1 2 3....17 for
> > whites; 1 2 ...5 for
> > blacks;
> > 1 2 ....7 for others. what I was originally thinking is:
> >
> > gen sequence=1
> > replace sequcence=sequence+1 if l.race==race
> >
> > However, this does not work out as I thought.
>
> Nick Cox
>
> > > I am not aware of a lag function, i.e. -lag()-, in Stata. There is
> > > a lag operator L. but that is not appropriate for your purpose.
> > >
> > > You may be in search of
> > >
> > > bysort race : gen id = _n
> > >
> > > or
> > >
> > > bysort race : egen id = seq()
> > >
> > > although note that the labelling produced is essentially arbitrary
> > > in either case.
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> > > > for example, there are 17 people who have the same ethnicity.
> > > > If I want to give
> > > > them a sequential number 1 2 3..........17, how can I use lag
> > > > function to do this?
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