--- Nick Cox <[email protected]> wrote:
> Maarten's last alternative is not equivalent to Ziad's code.
>
> In
>
> gen drugcat = cond(inlist(drug1, 1, 2, 3), drug1, ///
> cond(inlist(drug2, 1, 2, 3), drug2, 0))
>
> the values of -drug1- take precedence. In Ziad's code
> it is the other way round.
Good catch,
Maarten
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