st: RE: question about the anycount option of egen

["Martin Weiss" <martin.weiss1@gmx.de>]

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-egen, anycount()- takes a -varlist- as its argument where you can pretty
much add stuff but not subtract. You can run the command a second time,
though, and subtract the results.

HTH
Martin


-----Original Message-----
From: owner-statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu
[mailto:owner-statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu] On Behalf Of Ekaterina Hertog
Sent: Samstag, 20. Februar 2010 19:32
To: statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu
Subject: st: question about the anycount option of egen

Dear all,

I need to generate a variable which equals a number of times variables 
in my dataset the name of which starts from nodes equal 1.

I did it in the following way:

egen nodes = anycount(nodes*), v(1)

however now I realise that I want to include a count of all variables 
the name of which start from nodes, but one. I looked at the help file 
and it seems I cannot exclude 1 variable in the anycount option of egen 
and will have to do it in a more roundabout way. I just wanted to 
confirm if that is the case?

I will be most grateful for any advice,

Warm regards,

Ekaterina

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