No (I think). (That is, I think I know what I am doing; I just don't
understand what you are saying.)
If you want an explanation of the code to what now appears to be your
problem, see
How do I list observations in a group that differ on a variable?
http://www.stata.com/support/faqs/data/diff.html
Your original question was "2 or more". I understand that "more than 1"
is equivalent to "2 or more". That being so, you need not and should not
change my code.
Nick
[email protected]
Daniel Sepulveda-Adams
The number 1 in this sentence represent that Stata will list all ndc
that
have more than 1 gpi, included 1; therefore if I change the number by 2
will
be what I want.
bysort ndc (gpi) : list if gpi[1] != gpi[_N]
Nick Cox
It may be that you want to -list- -ndc- for which there are two or more
distinct -gpi-.
If that is so, -findit distinct-, or
bysort ndc (gpi) : list if gpi[1] != gpi[_N]
Daniel Sepulveda-Adams
OK here is an example of what happened in the dataset, this dataset is a
drugs description, therefore codes are associated to names and strength
the
drug and packages size, etc.
Ex:
1) ndc (National Drug Code) assigned one gpi (Generic Product
Identifier)
ndc: 49502007412 gpi: 44100010102005
2) ndc that has more than one gpi (9 in this specific case, why because
each
gpi represent a different packages size)
Ndc: 00904161260 gpi: 44300040007440
Steven Samuels
Daniel, Show us simple examples of data where an observation on 'ndc'
1) does
2) does not
"have two or more gpi".
It seems that by the phrase "two or more gpi" you do NOT mean "gpi = 2"
On Aug 4, 2008, at 11:22 AM, Daniel Sepulveda-Adams wrote:
> I have a question about list command; this is what I'm doing:
>
> list ndc old_ndc e49_ gpi g64_ if gpi>"2"
>
> gpi is a str variable (it is a 14 digit code) & I know is wrong but
> I can
> not figure it out how I can ask the program give me all ndc that
> has 2 or
> more gpi.Thanks
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