Derek,
you could take a "brute force" approach by comparing each var with all
the other vars using two loops:
gen interlock=0
foreach var1 of varlist PID1 PID2 .... {
foreach var2 of varlist PID2 PID3.... {
if "`var1'"!="`var2'" { // making sure you do not compare the
var with itself
replace interlock=1 if `var1' == `var2'
}
}
}
I am not too sure how long it will take to run through these loops.
Kind regards,
sebastian
On 10/13/05, Derek Darves <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I have a group of variables:
>
> PID1 - PID15
>
> PID* takes on values from 1 to 8000, and many are missing.
>
> Basically, I would like to make a new variable, called interlock,
> that is equal to 1 if any of the variables in the list are equal to
> any other variable in the list (not including itself, of course).
> For example, if PID5==705 and PID14==705 I would like like interlock==1
>
> Likewise, if none of the the variables in PID* take on the value of
> any of the other variables in PID*, I would like interlock==0
>
> I tried this:
> egen interlock = group(pid1_a pid1_b pid2_a pid2_b pid3_a
> pid3_b pid4_a pid4_b pid5_a pid5_b pid6_a pid6_b pid7_a
> pid7_b pid8_a pid8_b pid9_a pid9_b pid10_a pid10_b pid11_a
> pid11_b pid12_a pid12_b pid13_a pid13_b pid14_a pid14_b pid15_a)
>
> , but it returned all missing values when I know that some share a
> common value in two of the PID* fields.
>
> Lastly, not that it should matter, but the above is a simplifying
> example. In my actual dataset I have about 130 PID* variables. I just
> mention this in case I am hitting some kind of memory limitation (I
> am not receiving any errors when I run the command, though, it just
> doesn't work).
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Derek
>
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