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Re: st: Creating a variable with the highest value from two other

From	"Joseph Coveney" <[email protected]>
To	"Statalist" <[email protected]>
Subject	Re: st: Creating a variable with the highest value from two other
Date	Sat, 13 Oct 2007 17:33:45 -0700

The nested -cond()- example was missing parts:

generate long Z = cond(missing(X), cond(missing(Y), ///
 ., Y), cond(missing(Y), X, cond((X>=Y), X, Y)))

-egen-'s going to be easier and prettier than that, though maybe slower.

Joseph Coveney


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