--- Thomas <[email protected]> wrote:
> thanks but I guess I expressed myself badly:
>
> In
>
> tabdisp name yr, cellvar(var)
>
> I want to order name (i.e. the rows) according to the values
> of cellvar in the first column.
I think my understanding of the problem was off but my solution
correct: you need to use the -axis()- function in -egenmore-
(downloadable from -ssc-), see the example below:
*--------------- begin example -------------------------
sysuse auto, clear
recode rep78 1/2=3
// This creates a variable manifacturer
// I use this variable because this type of ordering
// makes most sense when you have a categorical variable
gen manif = word(make,1)
contract manif rep78
bys manif (rep78) : gen order = _freq[1] if rep78 == 3
bys manif (rep78) : replace order = order[1]
replace order = 0 if order == .
egen Manif = axis(order manif), label(manif)
tabdisp Manif rep78, cellvar(_freq)
*--------------- 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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