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Re: st: How to genrate a variable containing some values of other variable
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daniel klein <[email protected]>
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Re: st: How to genrate a variable containing some values of other variable
Date
Thu, 5 May 2011 15:39:21 +0200
Problem seems solved but I just wanted to point out that there is no
need to loop over observations here.
/*---Example---*/
set obs 301
g old = _n
sort old // I know it is already sorted
g int new = 1 in 1
replace new = new[_n -1] + 5 in 2/`= 305/5'
/*---End---*/
Best
Daniel
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