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Re: st: How do I create a new observation that is the sum of two observations?
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Robert Picard <[email protected]>
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Re: st: How do I create a new observation that is the sum of two observations?
Date
Sat, 1 May 2010 19:15:36 -0400
Normally, I would use -expand- to add observations within the dataset
but from your description it might be simpler to use -collapse- to sum
up your observations and then -append- the new observations to the
original dataset.
Hope this helps,
Robert
*--------------------------- begin example -----------------------
version 11
clear all
sysuse auto
* create identifier to group together observations
gen make1 = word(make,1)
tempfile f
save "`f'"
collapse (sum) price-gear_ratio, by(make1)
append using "`f'"
sort make1 make
*--------------------- end example --------------------------
On Sat, May 1, 2010 at 4:06 PM, Aiyar, Shekhar
<[email protected]> wrote:
> I have a dataset with about 200 observations (rows) and 1000 variables (columns). I want to add two of those observations (rows) together to create a new observation. As far as I can make out, gen and egen can only be used to create new variables, not new observations. Any ideas? Thanks.
>
> Shekhar
>
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