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Re: st: RE: Creating a variable that contains the 2nd, 3rd or 4th largest value in a row
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"James Cross" <[email protected]> |
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Re: st: RE: Creating a variable that contains the 2nd, 3rd or 4th largest value in a row |
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Tue, 25 Nov 2008 16:47:16 +0000 |
That will do it, cheers!
2008/11/25 Martin Weiss <[email protected]>:
> -ssc d rowsort-
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> HTH
> Martin
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>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [email protected]
> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of James Cross
> Sent: Tuesday, November 25, 2008 5:32 PM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: st: Creating a variable that contains the 2nd, 3rd or 4th largest
> value in a row
>
> Hi,
>
> I am trying to create a variable that identifies the 2nd, 3rd or 4th
> largest value in a row of variables. I can identify the largest value
> suing the following command:
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> egen max= rowmax(varlist)
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> However I am not sure how to create a variable that identifies the
> 2nd, 3rd or 4th highest value.
>
> Thanks,
> James Cross
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Best Regards,
James Cross
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