Re: st: Running the same do file but getting different results

[Richard Williams <Richard.A.Williams.5@ND.edu>]

At 03:53 PM 2/9/2008, krishanu karmakar wrote:
> Respected Mr. Buis,
>
> Thank you very much. Indeed, I have used the sort command and the
> relevant variable is an id variable for individuals. Incidentally that
> is "repeated" for some observations as the same individual may have
> fallen ill in the reference period more than once. I think I need to
> use the serial number of illness as the secondary sort variable along
> with the id variable.
>
> Thank you very much again for your kind help.
>
> Regards
>
> Krishanu
If you want the sort command to always produce the same sorting, you 
need to use the -stable- option.  See -help sort-.  Or, using a 
secondary sort variable may do the trick if that produces a totally 
unique ordering for each case.


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