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| From | Maarten buis <maartenbuis@yahoo.co.uk> |
| To | "statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu" <statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu> |
| Subject | Re: st: command forvalues with multiple if expressions |
| Date | Tue, 3 May 2011 09:15:15 +0100 (BST) |
--- Martijn Stouthart > I have a problem getting the forvalues command working the way I want. > I have the following problem. I have the following variables: > cftassets3ysd, industrycode and year. Where industrycode has a range > from 1-100 and year a range of 1999 to 2009. > > Now I want the following. I want for each industrycode in each year > the mean of cftassets3ysd belonging to that industrycode in that year. > Preferably I want all values be generated in one column. I also have > to note that some observations of cftassets3ysd have missing values, > so as a result I want those to be treated in the right way, thus as > missing values. > > Unfortuneatly I cannot get the forvalues loop working. This is not a -forvalues- problem. Just type: bys industrycode year : egen industrysigma = mean(cftassets3ysd) Hope this helps, Maarten -------------------------- Maarten L. Buis Institut fuer Soziologie Universitaet Tuebingen Wilhelmstrasse 36 72074 Tuebingen Germany http://www.maartenbuis.nl -------------------------- * * For searches and help try: * http://www.stata.com/help.cgi?search * http://www.stata.com/support/statalist/faq * http://www.ats.ucla.edu/stat/stata/