Re: st: More elegant code . . .?

[Richard Williams <richardwilliams.ndu@gmail.com>]

Is 0 the smallest possible value, and are all cases non-missing? (Or 
else missing for all 10 vars?) Then try

recode letter_auto_stop 0=1 if 
max(letter1,letter2,letter3,letter4,letter5,letter6,letter7,letter8,letter9,letter10)==0


At 06:18 PM 6/4/2011, Michael Costello wrote:
> Statalisters,
>
> I have some code that I would like to make more elegant (shorter,
> while still fitting on one line):
> recode letter_auto_stop 0=1 if letter1==0 & letter2==0 & letter3==0 &
> letter4==0 & letter5==0 & letter6==0 & letter7==0 & letter8==0 &
> letter9==0 & letter10==0
>
> The line above works, but it's bulky.  I'd like to find something
> better to use.  I tried:
> recode letter_auto_stop 0=1 if letter1-letter10==0
>
> but stata treated it as "recode letter_auto_stop 0=1 if letter1==0 &
> letter10==0" ignoring letter2 through letter9 entirely.
>
> Thanks for any help you can provide!
> -Michael
>
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