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RE: st: gen a variable


From   Nick Cox <[email protected]>
To   "'[email protected]'" <[email protected]>
Subject   RE: st: gen a variable
Date   Thu, 22 Mar 2012 16:05:53 +0000

I agree with the spirit here but note that 

a == 1 & b == 1 & c == 1 

is not translated by 

inlist(1, a, b, c) 

The latter is: is _any_ of a, b, c equal to 1? Not: are _all_ of a, b, c equal to 1? 

This is easier to see with numerical examples, say 

. di inlist(1,1,2,2)
1

Nick 
[email protected] 

daniel klein

Chiara,

Nick and Maarten already pointed to -egen- as a possible solution.

Aside from your question I would like to add, that expressions like

if cond3==1 & age>=15 & age<=64 & dipind==1 & hours>20 & hours<55 &
occupation==1

may in a lot of cases be easier written using -inlist() and
-inrange()- function as in

if  inlist(1, cond3, dipind, occupation) & inrange(age, 15, 64) &
inrange(hours, 20, 55)

Note however that -inrange(z, a, b)- returns one if a <= z <= b.


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