Socrates,
If you don't have many parents, you could try:
gen t = _n
tsset t
gen tt=l.t
gen parentn = 1 if Parent==A
replace parentn = 2 if Parent==X
replace parentn = 3 if Parent==Z
replace parentn = l.parentn if l.t==tt & parentn ==.
. If have a lot of families, this approach might not be practical.
Robert
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----- Original Message -----
From: Maarten buis <[email protected]>
Date: Saturday, November 18, 2006 8:11 am
Subject: Re: st: Data Manipulation Question
> --- Socrates Mokkas <[email protected]> wrote:
> > I have a question related to data manipulation. My data sample is
> > like that:
> >
> > Parent Subsidiary
> > A B
> > C
> > D
> > F
> > X J
> > L
> > Z T
> >
> > What I want is to fill the gaps of the ParName.
>
> Socrates:
> Something similar came up on the list recently: have a look at the
> thread started with:
> http://www.stata.com/statalist/archive/2004-07/msg00297.html
> HTH,
> Maarten
>
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