Re: st: Data Management Loop

[Toby <spiegeldesaster@googlemail.com>]

Thanks for your reply!

Doing this, I think (!) I can compare the the x value of type 1 with
every other x value of type 2. This will give me a hint about how
often a certain value x of type 1 is higher/lower/ or equal compared
to all other values in the sample. Vice versa for type 2. Due to my
limited programming capabilities I thought this would be an easy way.
Do you think there is a better way? (Certaintly there is. =) )

Toby.


2011/4/1 Nick Cox <njcoxstata@gmail.com>:
> I think the main question is not how to get this, but how and why do
> you imagine it will help you?
> For each type, the information is already accessible. Why repeat it?
>
> Nick
>
> On Fri, Apr 1, 2011 at 7:14 PM, Toby <spiegeldesaster@googlemail.com> wrote:
>> Hello Statalist,
>>
>> i have a problem with the following data structure:
>>
>> id type   x
>> 1 1       1
>> 2 2       2
>> 3 1       3
>> 4 2       4
>> 5 1       5
>> 6 2       6
>>
>> Now I want to generate additional variables that include the x value
>> for the opposite type, so that the data looks like this:
>>
>> id type   x   x_2   x_4    x_6   x_1    x_3   x_5
>> 1 1       1    2      4        6
>> 2 2       2    .       .        .         1     3         5
>> 3 1       3    2     4         6
>> 4 2       4    .       .        .         1     3         5
>> 5 1       5    2     4         6
>> 6 2       6    .       .        .         1     3         5
>>
>> Until know I only have created a loop that generates this additional
>> variables, but I did not figured out how to disriminate between the
>> two type. Can anyone hive me a hint?
>>
>> Kind regards,
>> Toby.
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