Re: Re:st: Re: Creating a column from point estimates across observations

["Martin Weiss" <martin.weiss1@gmx.de>]

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No, you don`t. -input- is just for illustration purposes. You turn your 
stringvars into numeric ones the way it is done at the end of the code 
via -encode-...


HTH
Martin
_______________________
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Sohini Sahu" <ss435568@albany.edu>
To: <statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu>
Sent: Saturday, June 06, 2009 11:36 PM
Subject: Re: Re:st: Re: Creating a column from point estimates across 
observations


> My dataset is in .dta file. Do I still use the "input" command for that?
>
> S
>
>
> > <>
> >
> > Let me illustrate the last point...
> >
> > **********
> > clear*
> >
> > input  var1:mylabel str1 var2 , auto
> > C C
> > D D
> > E E
> > C C
> > E E
> > D D
> > end
> >
> > compress
> >
> > //see the codes
> > list, noobs nolabel
> >
> > //turn var2 into same format as var1
> > encode var2, gen(var3)
> >
> > list, noobs nolabel
> > **********
> >
> >
> > HTH
> > Martin
> > _______________________
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Martin Weiss" <martin.weiss1@gmx.de>
> > To: <statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu>
> > Sent: Saturday, June 06, 2009 10:58 PM
> > Subject: Re: Re:st: Re: Creating a column from point estimates across
> > observations
> >
> >
> > > <>
> > >
> > > The -auto- option to-input- which accomplishes this feat is just a
> > > shorthand version of -encode-. So use that and see whether -statsby-
> > > works
> > > properly then...
> > >
> > >
> > > HTH
> > > Martin
> > > _______________________
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "Sohini Sahu" <ss435568@albany.edu>
> > > To: <statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu>
> > > Sent: Saturday, June 06, 2009 10:48 PM
> > > Subject: Re: Re:st: Re: Creating a column from point estimates across
> > > observations
> > >
> > >
> > > > My original dataset contains millions of data. Is there a way to bypass
> > > > the "input" command and use something else? Or should I switch to
> > > > version
> > > > 9 or 10 for this?
> > > >
> > > > S
> > > >
> > > > > <>
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > -help whatsnew- mentions that there was an issue with strings in
> > > > > the -by-
> > > > > option to -statsby- which were fixed between version 8 and 9. So make
> > > > > sure
> > > > > you use my -input- command given earlier so that numeric codes get
> > > > > passed
> > > > > to
> > > > > the -by- option...
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > HTH
> > > > > Martin
> > > > > _______________________
> > > > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > > > From: "Sohini Sahu" <ss435568@albany.edu>
> > > > > To: <statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu>
> > > > > Sent: Saturday, June 06, 2009 10:19 PM
> > > > > Subject: Re:st: Re: Creating a column from point estimates across
> > > > > observations
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > > This is so strange. I have added the clear option to my command but
> > > > > > it
> > > > > > still does not work :-(
> > > > > >
> > > > > > statsby "regress score iq nutrit" _b, by(cid) clear
> > > > > >
> > > > > > S
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