st: Randomly assigning values with a specific distribution

[Dorothy Bridges <dbstata@gmail.com>]

Dear Statalist:

I would like to create a random variable taking five different values
whose distribution mirrors that of another variable.  In other words,
I have one variable whose distribution is, say:

value      %
x1         40
x2         10
x3         30
x4         5
x5         15

... and I want to create another variable with the same values and
distribution, but randomly assigned.  Something like gen randomvar =
mydist() instead of uniform().

Thanks,
Dorothy
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