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st: Creating a variable with the highest value from two other variables
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Christer Thrane <[email protected]> |
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[email protected] |
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st: Creating a variable with the highest value from two other variables |
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Sat, 13 Oct 2007 07:47:48 +0200 |
Hi,
I have two income measures, X and Y. I want to create a variable, Z, that is
equal to X for those obs where X>=Y and equal to Y for those obs where Y>X.
Like this:
id X Y Z
1 12 11 12
2 10 10 10
3 10 12 12
Is there a simple way?
BR,
Christer
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