Re: st: Creating a new variable conditional on the values for 2 other variables

[Hitesh Chandwani <chandwanihitesh@mail.utexas.edu>]

Thank you, Christian! This works!

-Hitesh


On May 9, 2011, at 7:57 PM, Christian Holz (Stata list) wrote:

> Hi,
>
> generate C=A
> replace C=B if !missing(B)
>
> Best,
> C
>
> On Mon, May 9, 2011 at 8:50 PM, Hitesh Chandwani
> <chandwanihitesh@mail.utexas.edu> wrote:
> > Dear Statalisters,
> >
> > I am looking for a solution to the following problem.
> >
> > I have 2 variables, A and B. I have values of A for all  
> > observations and
> > values of B for some. A and B are both cost variables such that (B=A 
> > +extra
> > cost). I need to generate a new variable C, such that C=B (for  
> > observations
> > having a value for B), otherwise C=A
> >
> > I'd be highly obliged if I get a solution to this problem.
> >
> > Regards,
> > Hitesh S. Chandwani
> > chandwanihitesh@mail.utexas.edu
> >
> >
> >
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