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Re: st: Checking if one variable = any of the values of another
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Matthew White <[email protected]>
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Re: st: Checking if one variable = any of the values of another
Date
Thu, 8 Dec 2011 01:13:44 -0500
Premature send. Let's try this again:
***BEGIN***
encode from_user, generate(encuser) label(user)
summarize encuser, meanonly
local max = r(max)
drop encuser
gen grpment = 0
forvalues i = 1/11 {
encode m`i', generate(encm) label(user)
replace grpment = 1 if encm <= `max'
drop encm
}
***END***
Best,
Matt
On Thu, Dec 8, 2011 at 1:09 AM, Matthew White <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi Maria,
>
> This might be one way to do it:
> ***BEGIN***
> encode from_user, generate(encuser) label(user)
> summarize encuser
> local max = r(max)
> drop encuser
>
> gen grpment = 0
> forvalues i = 1/11 {
> encode m1, generate(encm) label(user)
> replace grpment = 1 if enc <= `max'
> drop encm
> }
> ***END***
>
> Best,
> Matt
>
> On Wed, Dec 7, 2011 at 7:17 PM, Maria Davydenko
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>> Hey all,
>>
>> I have a Twitter data set where each observation includes the user who
>> tweeted (var from_user), what they tweeted (var text) as well as
>> variables m1 through m11 (up to 11 users they mentioned in var text).
>> I want to create an indicator variable grpment that =1 if any of the m
>> (match) variables for a given observation are equal to any of the
>> other values of from_user. Here's what it looks like:
>>
>> from_user text m1 m2 …11 grpment
>> P1 @P2 P2 1
>> P2 @other 0
>> P3 @P1 @P2 P1 P2 1
>>
>> In human speak, I want to see if the from_user is mentioning any of
>> the other from_users, based on the 11 different m variables.
>>
>> I have it all figured out except the grpment element. So far, I've
>> been playing with loops but can't think of anything short of a giant
>> macro that could make this work. If you have any insight, it would be
>> much appreciated!
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Maria
>>
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