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st: looping to value of a variable
From
Richard Fox <[email protected]>
To
"[email protected]" <[email protected]>
Subject
st: looping to value of a variable
Date
Wed, 22 Feb 2012 15:09:51 +0000
Dear all,
I want to loop to the value of a variable. Let's say I have generated the number of non-missing values in a row of data (maxFU in example below). I want to loop to that value which clearly can differ between records.
The following does the job but feels like cheating.
egen maxFU = rownonmissing(FU1 FU2 FU3 FU4 FU5 )
count
local N=r(N)
forvalues i = 1/`N' {
local sp = maxFU[`i']
forvalues j=1/`sp' {
qui replace flag`j'=1 if DFU`j'==.
}
}
There must be a simpler way; any ideas?
Best Regards
Richard Fox
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