st: RE: RE: Writing the value of a variable in another variable in a selective way

["Mak, Timothy" <timothy.mak07@imperial.ac.uk>]

I think Nick meant: 

gen partnerprofit = profit[5] in 3

But following this logic, and if your dataset is not large, you could do it in a loop, I think: 

gen partnerprofit = .
forval i=1/`=c(N)' {

	local partnerid = partnerid[`i']
	replace partnerprofit = profit[`partnerid'] in `i'

}

where I assume you have a partnerid variable which gives you the observation number of the partner. 

If your id's do not go in 1,2,3,...,n, however, you may need to do a bit more programming... and probably -merge- is the easiest. 

Tim



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From: owner-statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu [mailto:owner-statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu] On Behalf Of Nick Cox
Sent: 31 May 2011 17:31
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Subject: st: RE: Writing the value of a variable in another variable in a selective way

If the problem is just this, the solution would be  

gen partnerprofit = profit[5] in 13 

In general, think about a -merge-. 

Nick 
n.j.cox@durham.ac.uk 


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From: owner-statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu [mailto:owner-statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu] On Behalf Of oezguer.guererk@uni-erfurt.de
Sent: 31 May 2011 17:20
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Subject: st: Writing the value of a variable in another variable in a selective way

Hello,

How can I write the value of the variable called profit for e.g., 
subject i as the value into another variable called "partnerprofit" of 
another subject j?

For example: I am subject 3, my partner is subject 5; his profit is 13, 
now I would like to stata write in my "partnerprofit" the value 13.

Thank you very much for your help!
Ozgur

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