Nikos wrote:
I'm currently writing a program that in some point checks
if more than observations have two vars (E and SE) equal.
If more than one exists then SE is increased by 0.001:
tempvar _id
qui gen `_id'=0
local _idN=2
while `_idN'!=1 {
bysort `E' `SE': replace `_id'=_n if `touse'
count if `_id'>1 & `touse'
replace `SE'=`SE'+(`_id'-1)*0.001 if `_id'>1
sum `_id' if `touse', detail
local _idN=r(max)
list `E' `SE' `_id' if `touse'
}
when I run the above piece of code bysort fails in the second pass:
2
(2 real changes made)
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I have no intent to try to understand the above commands. But
to help yourself you might use the -trace- command. To restrict
the amount of output you might also use -set tracedepth- :
set tracedepth 1
set trace on
- and run the program
This will let you se how your macros expand.
Hope this helps
Svend
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