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Re: st: repeating first x values
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Nick Cox <[email protected]>
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Re: st: repeating first x values
Date
Mon, 12 Sep 2011 17:04:19 +0100
bysort id (alpha) : replace alpha = alpha[1]
will work with your example. See also
FAQ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Replacing missing values
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . N. J. Cox
2/03 How can I replace missing values with previous or
following nonmissing values?
http://www.stata.com/support/faqs/data/missing.html
2011/9/12 Gabriel Nicolás Michelena <[email protected]>:
> I will be specifc. I have this dataset
>
> alpha id id2
> .00474 1 1
> .00062 2 1
> .035085 3 1
> .035085 4 1
> .035665 5 1
> . 1 2
> . 2 2
> . 3 2
> . 4 2
> . 5 2
>
>
> and i want to replace the missing values in alpha (in id2=2) repeating the values of variable alpha in id=1
>
> some clue how can i do it?
>
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