Christer wrote
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?
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Yes:
egen Z = rowmax(X Y)
Svend
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