--- Florian Wakolbinger <[email protected]> wrote:
> gen kat = .
>
> forvalues i = 1/5 {
> replace kat = `i' if hour > kat`i-1' & hour <= kat`i'
> }
>
> the problem is I apparently cant write i-1 between ` and '
replace kat = `i' if hour > kat`=`i'-1' & hour <= kat`i'
Hope this helps,
Maarten
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Department of Social Research Methodology
Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
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http://home.fsw.vu.nl/m.buis/
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