--- Sharooon <[email protected]> wrote:
<snip> I have multiple id's observed at different dates, and not
> necessarily the same date. What I would like, is to delete all but
> the most recent date and fill in the price with the most recent price
> observed.
*----------- begin example ------------
clear
input id date price
1 1 400
2 1 500
2 2 450
2 3 450
3 2 600
3 3 .
end
list
gen miss = missing(price)
bys id miss (date): keep if _n == _N
drop if miss
drop miss
list
*--------------- 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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Maarten L. Buis
Department of Social Research Methodology
Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Boelelaan 1081
1081 HV Amsterdam
The Netherlands
visiting address:
Buitenveldertselaan 3 (Metropolitan), room N515
+31 20 5986715
http://home.fsw.vu.nl/m.buis/
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