RE: st: RE: simple question: generating variables using the if / or command

["Gauri Khanna" <gwkhanna@hotmail.com>]

Thank you too, David

Gauri

> From: "David Harrison" <david.harrison@icnarc.org>
> Reply-To: statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu
> To: <statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu>
> Subject: st: RE: simple question: generating variables using the if / or 
> command
> Date: Thu, 27 Apr 2006 15:13:13 +0100
>
> Sounds like you want | (or) instead of & (and)...
>
> gen newvariable = var1 + var2 + var3 if dum1==1|dum2==1|dum3==1
>
> David
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu
> [mailto:owner-statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu] On Behalf Of Gauri Khanna
> Sent: 27 April 2006 15:03
> To: statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu
> Subject: st: simple question: generating variables using the if / or
> command
>
> Dear Stata list,
>
> I have a seemingly simple problem that I can't seem to figure out.
>
> 1) I would like to generate a new variable :
>
> generate newvariable=var1+var2+var3 if dum1=1 and or dum2=1 and or
> dum3=1
>
> In essence I want to sum across var2, var3 and var4 for  a case where
> either of the three dummies are equal to 1.
>
> 2) If instead I did the following....
>
> generate
> newvariable=var1+var2+vhttp://by112fd.bay112.hotmail.msn.com/cgi-bin/com
> pose?&curmbox=00000000%2d0000%2d0000%2d0000%2d000000000001&a=8e97f2d6d33
> d18578baf68a0a3ed45387544cbaa5b179c9e4483d1f9e6d16955#
> Sendar3 if dum1=1 & dum2=1 & dum3=1
>
> .... I would only capture values for var1, var2 and var3 if ALL the
> three dummies simultaneously are 1. is this correct? If so I  do not
> want this.
>
> Thank you.
>
> Regards,
>
> Gauri
>
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