st: A modest proposal - missing data doesn't count

["Allan Reese (Cefas)" <allan.reese@cefas.co.uk>]

Feeling aggrieved at years of typing expressions like "if x>10 & x<.",
and feeling sure there must be lots of wrong results from Stata because
users didn't notice that "x>10" includes cases with the missing value,
might I request a new code function?  

The name value() is available. While users would have to remember to use
it, it would quickly become a habit to type "if value(x)>10" etc, with
the effect that the expression would evaluate as true only when x had a
non-missing value.  A check box could be added to the menu interface as
a reminder.    

Allan

PS Not one response to my question on use of glm v blogit v glogit
(Statalist 26 May).  Does *anyone* have a view?


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