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Re: st: Unexpected -egen , fill()- behavior

From	Jeph Herrin <[email protected]>
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Subject	Re: st: Unexpected -egen , fill()- behavior
Date	Sat, 02 Dec 2006 11:37:37 -0500

Or perhaps even better,

. sort x
. gen group = ceil(_n/4)

Jeph

Jeph Herrin wrote:

. egen group=fill(1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 )

will do what you need.

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- st: Unexpected -egen , fill()- behavior
  - From: Joseph Coveney <[email protected]>
- Re: st: Unexpected -egen , fill()- behavior
  - From: Jeph Herrin <[email protected]>

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