Can anyone help with this annoying problem I have? I've tried several
solutions, and I've searched the archives, the FAQs, [U] and looked at
-whelp recode- and -whelp generate- for one, without success.
I have some data, of which is an exciting snippet
. l clmarg conlab in 40/60, sep(0)
+-------------------+
| clmarg conlab |
|-------------------|
40. | 1.220839 0 |
41. | 1.092907 0 |
42. | 1.085126 0 |
43. | .9743952 0 |
44. | 1.054179 1 |
45. | 1.129007 1 |
46. | 1.125071 1 |
47. | 1.105309 1 |
48. | 1.027237 1 |
49. | 1.049828 0 |
50. | 1.061838 1 |
51. | 1.131486 1 |
52. | 1.182975 0 |
53. | 1.16508 0 |
54. | 1.157947 1 |
55. | 1.014532 1 |
56. | 1.033752 0 |
57. | .9131435 0 |
58. | .9487363 0 |
59. | .9845221 0 |
60. | .9323835 0 |
+-------------------+
where I am looking to -generate- a dummy variable, <cl1>, which scores 1
if, _and only if_, (a) <conlab> = 1 and (b) if <clmarg> lies in the range
.95 and 1.05 (inclusive).
The 'best' attempt I've come up with so far is
. g cl1=1 if (clmarg>=.95 | clmarg<=1.05) & conlab==1 & clmargin <.
but the outcome here is that <cl1> = 1 where <conlab> = 1, regardless of
the value of <clmarg>. Clearly, one -if- condition has overriden the other
in this command (passing over the missings), because they overlap.
Are there any one-shot solutions that avoid this problem? Thanks very much.
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