Re: Re: st: re:total vs sum

["Sebastian Kruk" <residuo.solow@gmail.com>]

> > --- Sebastian said:
> > Can I have the same result if use "egen peso=sum(pesoan)" or "egen
> > peso=total(pesoan)"
> >
> > Why "gen peso=sum(pesoan)"  has a different result?
> ---- Kit Baum <baum@bc.edu> wrote:
> > They are the same:
> The reason that -gen peso = sum(pesoan)- gives different results is
> that gen refers back to the build in functions from Stata. -egen- is
> specifically designed to extend these functions. To find a list of
> built in functions type -help function-. You can than find that the sum
> function results in a running sum.
> Hope this helps,
> Maarten
Thanks Maarten, it was so usufull!
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