st: Log Transformation of Variable

[Melissa King <melissakng@gmail.com>]

Good Morning,

I have a dataset that I would like to transform by multiplying the
dependent variables by -log - e, or in other words, the negative
logarithm minus its base. Despite searching this forum and the
Internet, I have been unable to find any information on how to "tell"
Stata to do this. I am able to transform my variable by multiplying it
by negative log:

generate transformed_dep_variable = -log(dep_variable)

However, Stata errors out when I try to communicate -(log+e), because
it no longer recognizes log as a function when I type this in:

generate transformed_dep_variable = -(log+e)(dep_variable)

Do any long-time Stata users have any suggestions?

Thank you in advance for your help!

All best,

Melissa King

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