st: RE: RE: Count the number of observation of the same kind

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

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" You can use bys Y:gen X=_N"



Very true! Abhimanyu`s solution is preferable just in case George has
missings in there which he wants to -count- as well. See this comparison:


*******
clear*

inp byte Y
8
8 
5 
5 
5 
3 
1 
1 
1 
1 
.
.
.
end

gen byte myorder=_n

bys Y: egen byte X=count(Y)
bys Y:gen byte Xalt=_N

//reestablish previous order, if important
sort myorder
drop myorder

list, noo sepby(Y)
*******


HTH
Martin


-----Original Message-----
From: owner-statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu
[mailto:owner-statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu] On Behalf Of Abhimanyu Arora
Sent: Samstag, 24. April 2010 16:10
To: statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu
Subject: st: RE: Count the number of observation of the same kind

You can use bys Y:gen X=_N
Abhimanyu

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu
[mailto:owner-statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu] On Behalf Of George Chioran
Sent: zaterdag 24 april 2010 16:05
To: statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu
Subject: st: Count the number of observation of the same kind

Dear statalisters, 

This may be a basic question, but how can you create a  variable X in which
there we have the sum of the observations of the same kind of variable Y?
If variable Y has 10 integers: 8, 8, 5, 5, 5, 3, 1, 1, 1, 1 variable X would
the integers 2, 2, 3, 3, 3, 1, 4, 4, 4, 4?

Thank you a lot for any ideas.

George


      
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