The zero start is just for an old habit whereby I'm used to code
events/non-events 1/0..Easy work around, but I cant get rid of old
habits..
On Wed, Nov 19, 2008 at 10:27 PM, Nick Cox <[email protected]> wrote:
> You can do it, but not I think directly. Here is one way:
>
> sysuse auto
> egen nmake = group(make)
> replace nmake = nmake - 1
> labmask nmake, values(make)
>
> where -labmask- should be located using -findit-.
>
> But I can't see that zero-start has any real advantages. Can you name
> any?
>
> Nick
> [email protected]
>
> moleps islon
>
> is it possible, somehow, to
> specify stata to start encoding with tha value 0 instead of 1 ?
>
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