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Re: st: Generating a variable by assigning value form another variable
From
daniel klein <[email protected]>
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Subject
Re: st: Generating a variable by assigning value form another variable
Date
Wed, 13 Jul 2011 09:08:22 +0200
Try something like
forval j = 101/110 {
loc k = substr("`j'", 2, .)
replace hrs = hrs`k' if main_owner == "`k'"
}
You can probably use a nested loop to cover the 10 years you mentioned
in your first post.
Best
Daniel
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