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Re: st:any easy alternative way when -egen- is not allowed to combine with by
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Amanda Fu <[email protected]>
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Re: st:any easy alternative way when -egen- is not allowed to combine with by
Date
Tue, 21 Dec 2010 19:38:26 -0500
Dear Mr Kolenikov and Radyakin,
Thank you both for the help! I understand the spirit in Stas's codes
and I know Sergiy's points. I appreciate you guys helping me out here.
By the way, I like the idea of using tempvar here.
Sincerely,
Amanda
On Tue, Dec 21, 2010 at 7:07 PM, Stas Kolenikov <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Tue, Dec 21, 2010 at 5:40 PM, Sergiy Radyakin <[email protected]> wrote:
>> Hi Stas!
>>
>> there are at least three problems with your code:
>> 1) you are missing ` ' around sumnew in the second bysort;
>> 2) you are missing cond() in the second bysort;
>> 3) the program does not work :(
>
> Sergiy is absolutely right in his criticisms. I am looking for
> something to shoot myself in the foot :)
>
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> Stas Kolenikov, also found at http://stas.kolenikov.name
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