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Sorry, misinterpreted Michael's grouse in the last message. I agree that the _sum_ of x should be missing, as should all other descriptive stats except the -count-. The -count- of non-missing values is zero, but their -sum- is surely missing --- as it would be reported by -tabstat-.
Kit
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