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The specification of your -varlist- fed to -anymatch- may well matter, if
you have additional "fammem"s lying around which you do not want to check
for value 2. Note the difference in this example, as evident from the
-notes- -list-ed at the end, which -egen- helpfully leaves behind...
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clear*
set obs 10000
//create data
foreach var of newlist fammem1-fammem30{
gen byte `var'= irecode(runiform(),0,.2,.5,.7)
}
egen fathliv =anymatch(fammem? fammem??), v(2)
egen evenbetterfathliv =anymatch(fammem? fammem10), v(2)
note list
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HTH
Martin
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Because you want to create "fathliv" twice (or rather: 10 times). Say -egen
fathliv`i'-, if you absolutely want this, but you will end up with 10
variables carrying largely redundant information. Why not - egen fathliv =
anymatch(fammem? fammem??), v(2)-?
HTH
Martin
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Gesendet: Mittwoch, 20. Januar 2010 22:50
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Betreff: st: problem with looping egen(newvar)=anymatch
Dear all,
I need to create a binary variable that equals 1 of one of the variables
fammem1, fammem2, fammem3, fammem4, ? fammem10 equals 2, and 0
otherwise.#I came up with the following solution:
egen fathliv = anymatch(fammem1 fammem2 ? fammem10), v(2)
and it seems to work, but I would like to create a loop rather than
listing the ten fammem variables individually.
I tried:
forv i=1/10{
egen fathliv = anymatch(fammem`i'), v(2)
}
But this gives me an error message and I am not sure why.
I would be very grateful for advice,
Warm regards,
katya
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