Dear Maarten,
Thanks for the prompt reply. That is exactly what I am
looking for.
Regards.
Olalekan Uthman
--- Maarten buis <[email protected]> wrote:
> --- Olalekan Uthman <[email protected]> wrote:
> > I am trying to write results fom byvar and tab
> result
> > to a dataset (e.g):
> >
> > . webuse hiv
> >
> > . byvar cd4: tab hiv
> <snip>
> > cd4 hiv0 hiv1 total
> > 0 1 2 3
> > 1 2 3 5
> > 2 3 1 4
>
> First of all note that -byvar- is a user written
> command (and pretty
> old). The way you use it can also be done with
> official Stata's -by- or
> -bysort- commands. You can get the dataset you want
> by using a
> combination of -contract-, -reshape-, and -egen-, as
> is shown in the
> example below. Also see the helpfiles of those
> commands for the
> details.
>
> *------------- begin example -------------
> webuse hiv, clear
> bys cd4: tab hiv [fw=f]
> contract hiv cd4 [fw=f]
> reshape wide _freq, i(cd4) j(hiv)
> egen tot = rowtotal(_freq0 _freq1)
> list
> *------------ end example ----------------
> (For more on how to use examples I sent to the
> Statalist, see
> http://home.fsw.vu.nl/m.buis/stata/exampleFAQ.html )
>
> Hope this helps,
> Maarten
>
>
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