of course, remove the repeating "replace", my mistake
sort panelid timevar
by panelid: replace indep3 = indep3[_n-1] if indep3== ""
gsort panelid -timevar
by panelid: replace indep3 = indep3[_n-1] if indep3== ""
sort panelid timevar
Olex
> Dear All:
>
> I am working on a panel dataset. Couple of variables varies overtime
> and across panels, others only vary across panels. Got some additonal
> data for time & panel varying variables, for new time periods. I would
> like append the new observations to the panel and then within each
> panel ensure the records for panel only variables are applied to them
> (i.e. no blanks).
>
> example:
>
> panelid timevar dep indep1 indep2
> indep3(dummy)
> 1 1/1/2000 321 899 12
> 1
> 1 2/1/2000 882 980 34
> 1
> add=> 1 3/1/2000 698 898 87 (here I
> want the above value to apply instead of a blank)
>
> 2 1/1/2000 338 768 90
>
>
>
> thanks,
> Max
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Sincerely,
Olexandr Vasetsky
Graduate student
Department of Economics
University of Calgary
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