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Also see Nick`s http://www.stata-journal.com/article.html?article=pr0046
-egen, rowtotal()- allows you to specify a -varlist- which gives you access
to the shorthands assembled in [U], section 11.4.
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clear*
input yr byte( abc_a abc_b abc_x def_a def_d)
1994 0 2 1 0 0
1995 0 0 1 2 0
1996 0 1 1 0 1
1997 0 1 0 1 0
1998 0 1 0 1 0
end
compress
egen abc=rowtotal(abc_*)
egen def=rowtotal(def_*)
list, noobs
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HTH
Martin
-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected]
[mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Mike Kim
Sent: Mittwoch, 13. Januar 2010 19:19
To: [email protected]
Subject: st: How to quickly generate variables by adding observations
Dear all,
I would like to create the follwong variables from the following data:
gen abc=abc_a + abc_b + abc_x
gen def=def_a + def_d
......
yr abc_a abc_b abc_x def_a def_d
1994 0 2 1 0 0
1995 0 0 1 2 0
1996 0 1 1 0 1
1997 0 1 0 1 0
1998 0 1 0 1 0
......
The problem is that I have a lot of these variables that need to be
generated in this way. Is there any easy way to generate them?
Thank you in advance.
Mike.
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