su p_pred_mort, meanonly
scalar maxpred=r(max)
su p_act_mort, meanonly
scalar maxmax = max(maxpred,r(max))
di maxmax
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On 2/6/06, daniel waxman <[email protected]> wrote:
> If one performs -egen- across the entire dataset rather than -,by()- then it
> returns what is essentially the same scalar for every observation.
>
> Is there any way to actually generate a scalar rather than a variable?
> For example, I am interested in having a scalar or local macro which
> contains the largest value of either of two variables
>
> i.e.
>
> . egen maxmort = max(p_pred_mort)
> . egen predmort = max(p_act_mort)
>
> . local maxmax = max(maxmort, predmort)
> . drop maxmort predmort
>
> I know that bytes are cheap these days, but it seems odd that I have to
> generate 100,000 of each of these values when I only need one. Or do I have
> major conceptual issues?
>
>
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