st:any easy alternative way when -egen- is not allowed to combine with by

[Amanda Fu <mandy.fu1@gmail.com>]

Hi all,

I notice  some options of -egen- are not allowed to combine with by.
I just wondered if there is any good way to handle these situations.

Let me use an example.
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ID        surveyYear       indicator (maximum value is 10)
1         1985                     0
1         1986                     1
1         1987                     2
2         1985                     0
2         1986                     0
2         1987                     0
...............
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I want to create a variable "new" that takes value 1 if there is at
least one year for a ID's indicator is above 0  and takes the value 0
(like ID 1) is all the years the indicator is 0 (like ID 2).

What I wish to use is as following:
. bysort id: egen  new=(indicator), anymatch(1/10)

Is there any simple way to do this? Any comments will be helpful. Thank you!

Sincerely,
Amanda Fu
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