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Re: st: How to create a new variable ...
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Nick Cox <[email protected]>
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Re: st: How to create a new variable ...
Date
Thu, 5 May 2011 19:27:50 +0100
This is (almost) the remainder on dividing by 5.
gen newvar = cond(mod(oldvar, 5) == 0, 5, mod(oldvar, 5))
Incidentally I have traced the misuse of mod() or a similar name to
mean remainder back to FORTRAN in 1954. Anyone know an earlier source?
On Thu, May 5, 2011 at 7:05 PM, Alberto R Osella
<[email protected]> wrote:
> Oliver and Daniel thank you again.
> Sorry but it happened that I was quite unclear with my previous post.
> My oldvar takes on values from 1 to 306.
> Indeed I need to generate a new variable in this way:
> newvar which takes on the value 1 each time oldvar takes on the values 1, or
> 6, or 11,.....,or 301
> newvar which takes on the value 2 each time oldvar takes on the values 2, or
> 7, or 12,.....,or 302
> newvar which takes on the value 3 each time oldvar takes on the values 3, or
> 8, or 13....., or 303
> newvar which takes on the value 4 each time oldvar takes on the values 4, or
> 9, or 14,.....,or 304
> newvar which takes on the value 5 each time oldvar takes on the values 5, or
> 10, or 15,.....,or 305
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