Re: st: Re: Deleting Only Particular Observations

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

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Dear namesake: See solution posted a couple of minutes ago. 
http://www.stata.com/statalist/archive/2009-07/msg00042.html


Statalisters: What is the reasoning behind the prohibition to use -by- 
and -in- in the same statement?

HTH
Martin
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Christian Weiß" <christian.weiss@ebs.edu>
To: <statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu>
Sent: Wednesday, July 01, 2009 10:47 PM
Subject: Re: st: Re: Deleting Only Particular Observations


> Dear Martin,
>
> thank's a lot - unfortunately, my Stata does not like this solution..
>
> . by country: keep in -100/l
> 'in' may not be combined with 'by'
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> On Wed, Jul 1, 2009 at 10:40 PM, Martin Weiss<martin.weiss1@gmx.de> wrote:
> > <>
> >
> > sort country size
> > by country: keep in -100/l
> >
> >
> > HTH
> > Martin
> > _______________________
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Christian Weiß" <christian.weiss@ebs.edu>
> > To: <statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu>
> > Sent: Wednesday, July 01, 2009 10:24 PM
> > Subject: st: Deleting Only Particular Observations
> >
> >
> > > Dear Statalist,
> > >
> > > Variable size contains the marketcap of about 2000 firms from 11
> > > countries (grouping var country).
> > >
> > > I would like to keep only the 100 biggest firms (by marketcap) from
> > > each country, and delete the residual observations.
> > >
> > > How can I accomplish this?
> > >
> > > Best regards
> > > Christian
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