Andrzej Niemierko wrote:
Is there an equivalent of egen function "rowlast(varlist)" for string
variables?
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-egen . . ., rowlast(. . .)- works with string variables for me. What problem
are you having?
Joseph Coveney
. clear *
. set obs 2
obs was 0, now 2
. generate str a = "A"
. generate str b = "B"
. replace a = "" in 1
(1 real change made)
. replace b = "" in 2
(1 real change made)
. egen str rowlast_for_string = rowlast(a b)
. list, noobs
+------------------+
| a b rowlas~g |
|------------------|
| B B |
| A A |
+------------------+
P.S. It seems curious that Partners Compliance would ever send an e-mail
message containing patient information via the Internet.
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