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Re: st: I wish I'd known that -
From
Eric Booth <[email protected]>
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"<[email protected]>" <[email protected]>
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Re: st: I wish I'd known that -
Date
Thu, 26 Aug 2010 20:22:12 +0000
>
1. Using macros to define file paths at the top of my do-files
2. Using -ds- to select/create a varlist (or -findname- (NJC, from SSC))
3. -levelsof-
4. -by- and -bysort- (versus the option "by()")
I'd also echo Casey's comment about looping
On Aug 26, 2010, at 11:31 AM, Casey P. Durand wrote:
> I wish I had learned earlier about the full functionality of -egen-,
> and also using -foreach- and -local- to automate things somewhat.
>
> Casey
>
> On Thu, Aug 26, 2010 at 7:17 AM, Ronan Conroy <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>> Teaching Stata, I am aware of the many useful commands, functions and tricks I wish I had known about earlier, such as
>>
>> inlist
>> egen tag
>> egen group
>> db
>>
>> Since I teach basic Stata, I wanted to poll the experience of those who have learned Stata recently (since it developed menus - my release 3 diskettes are still in the office somewhere!).
>>
>> What are the things that you wish you had learned earlier?
>>
>> Your answers will go to enrich the lives of my grad students. Only kidding; they will go into my Stata course.
>>
>>
>> Ronan Conroy
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>> P Before printing, think about the environment
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