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Re: st: Add
From
Maarten buis <[email protected]>
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Subject
Re: st: Add
Date
Mon, 15 Feb 2010 19:33:07 +0000 (GMT)
--- On Mon, 15/2/10, Tiago Fonseca <[email protected]> wrote:
> I have a 5 digits code and I want to generate 6 digits code
> where the last digit is:
> 0 if the 5 digits number end at 0 or a even number
> 5 if the 5 digits number end in a even number.
*-------------------- begin example ---------------------
// create some example data
clear all
set obs 10
gen long number = floor(100000*runiform())
// create your second variable
gen long number2 = 10*number + cond(mod(number,2),5,0)
// view the result
list
*--------------------- end example ----------------------
( For more on how to use examples I sent to statalist see:
http://www.maartenbuis.nl/stata/exampleFAQ.html )
Also see: Nick Cox (2007) Stata tip 43: Remainders,
selections, sequences, extractions: Uses of the modulus.
The Stata Journal, 7(1):143--145.
http://www.stata-journal.com/article.html?article=pr0031
Hope this helps,
Maarten
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Institut fuer Soziologie
Universitaet Tuebingen
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72074 Tuebingen
Germany
http://www.maartenbuis.nl
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