Re: AW: st: round () if

[Jeph Herrin <junk@spandrel.net>]

so?

gen newweek=cond(week<1.5,1,                  ///
            cond(abs(round(week,12)-week)<=2,round(week,12),week))

Shehzad Ali wrote:
> Thank you, Jeph and Martin. This was really helpful.
>
> To add further, is it possible to add another condition to round off weeks
> > 0 and <1.5 to become 1 instead of zero while keeping the previous 
> condition alive?
>
> Regards,
> Shehzad
>
> On Feb 6 2009, Martin Weiss wrote:
>
> > <>
> > Good solution, and in one line. Careful with 1 and 2, though. Does Ali
> > really want them to become zero?
> >
> > *************
> > clear*
> > set obs 30
> > gen weeks=_n
> > gen newweek=cond(abs(round(week,12)-week)<=2,round(week,12),week)
> > list
> > *************
> >
> >
> >
> > HTH
> > Martin
> >
> >
> > -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
> > Von: owner-statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu
> > [mailto:owner-statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu] Im Auftrag von Jeph Herrin
> > Gesendet: Freitag, 6. Februar 2009 16:56
> > An: statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu
> > Betreff: Re: st: round () if
> >
> >
> > Assuming your week is integers
> >
> >  gen newweek=cond(abs(round(week,12)-week)<=2,round(week,12),week)
> >
> > should do.
> >
> > hth,
> > Jeph
> >
> >
> > Shehzad Ali wrote:
> > > Hi listers,
> > >
> > > I want to round a variable 'week' if it is within 2 weeks range of 
> > > multiples of 12 week. So 10 weeks should become 12 weeks while 9 
> > > weeks should not change. Similarly 21 weeks would not change while 25 
> > > weeks will change to 24 weeks. Is there a way to do it in Stata using 
> > > -round- or other command?
> > >
> > > Thank you,
> > > Shehzad
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