st: re: Programming stata using egen functions

[Kit Baum <Baum@bc.edu>]

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egen rowmax() and rowtotal() are meant to be used with more than one  
variable (rather than a scalar) as an argument.

    qui egen `exem_`s''=rowmax(m_`s'`sp')

if m_`s'`sp' is a scalar, its rowmax or rowtotal is itself--a constant  
value for each row (observation). What are you trying to do?


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