Re: st: AW: Using egen and by efficiently when some observations are missing

[Paul Novosad <novosad@gmail.com>]

Thanks to Martin and Austin for their excellent advice, which is
exactly the kind of solution I was looking for.

Regards,

Paul


On Thu, Apr 22, 2010 at 12:00 PM, Martin Weiss <martin.weiss1@gmx.de> wrote:
>
> <>
>
> To solve these things, you have to get creative and note that -egen-
> functions often take expressions as arguments, as duly shown in the relevant
> sections of -help egen-:
>
>
> *************
> bys country: egen count_i_alt = total((condition==1)*(!mi(i)))
> *************
>
>
> BTW, the max operator projects the "tmp" value into the rows that end up
> with missings after the first -egen- call, right? Is this really all you
> want out of it, or am I missing anything here?
>
> ********
> clear*
>
> inp byte(country:mylabel i condition), automatic
> A 2 1
> A 3 .
> A 4 0
> A . 1
> A . .
> A . 1
> B 2 1
> B 3 .
> B 4 0
> B 1 .
> B . 1
> B 3 1
> end
>
> bys country: egen tmp = count(i) if condition == 1
> bys country: egen count_i = max(tmp)
>
> bys country: egen count_i_alt = total((condition==1)*(!mi(i)))
>
> li, sepby(country) noo
> ********
>
>
>
> HTH
> Martin
>
>
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> [mailto:owner-statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu] Im Auftrag von Paul Novosad
> Gesendet: Donnerstag, 22. April 2010 17:25
> An: statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu
> Betreff: st: Using egen and by efficiently when some observations are
> missing
>
> Dear list,
>
> It often takes me three lines to generate variables based on
> conditional group operations using egen.  For example, I want to run
> some egen operation on a subset of the data, such as a count.  But I
> want the count to exist even when the condition does not hold.  I use
> the following:
>
> by country: egen tmp = count(i) if condition == 1
> by country: egen count_i = max(tmp)
> drop tmp
>
> I write code like this all over the place, and each time it makes my
> heart sink.  It feels inefficient but I do not have another solution.
> Can someone recommend a more efficient practice?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Paul
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