Thank you very much Joseph! Indeed, it does work. Somehow I forgot to
include type (str) in the command line.
P.S. Unfortunately, the Partners Compliance note is automatically attached
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On 8/29/09 4:50 AM, "Joseph Coveney" <[email protected]> wrote:
> Andrzej Niemierko wrote:
>
> Is there an equivalent of egen function "rowlast(varlist)" for string
> variables?
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> --
>
> -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 |
> +------------------+
>
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