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Re: st: Creating a new variable conditional on the values for 2 other variables
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Nick Cox <[email protected]>
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Re: st: Creating a new variable conditional on the values for 2 other variables
Date
Tue, 10 May 2011 08:34:44 +0100
On Tue, May 10, 2011 at 2:08 AM, Hitesh Chandwani
<[email protected]> wrote:
> 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
>> <[email protected]> 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
>>> [email protected]
>>>
>>>
>>>
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