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st: Create variable as a copy of a dynamically calculated second variable


From   "Wiemann, Markus" <[email protected]>
To   <[email protected]>
Subject   st: Create variable as a copy of a dynamically calculated second variable
Date   Thu, 9 Sep 2010 11:32:48 +0200

Hi everyone,

I am not sure whether the following is possible in Stata and, if yes,
how to address the problem.

I want to assign a new variable a value that is already stored in a
second variable. The problem is that I need a value of a variable that
is calculated dynamically. Let me explain it in a short example: Assume
I have the following variables:

FirstYear
Value2000
Value2001
Value2002
...
Value2010


What I need is something like 
. gen NewVariable = Value[String(FirstYear + 1)] 
that would read the value out of Value2006 if FirstYear had the value
2005. Is this possible in Stata? Would I need to write a macro for that?



Thanks and best regards
Markus



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