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Re: st: Picking out first date from a series conditional on values of other variables
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Nick Cox <[email protected]>
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Re: st: Picking out first date from a series conditional on values of other variables
Date
Thu, 19 Apr 2012 08:59:56 +0100
Already answered. We can't explain what was wrong with your code if
you don't show it.
On Thu, Apr 19, 2012 at 7:38 AM, Hitesh Chandwani
<[email protected]> wrote:
> Hello all,
>
> I am analyzing a dataset for medication compliance.
>
> I am interested in the first day that there was a break in medication
> possession. From the date variables (disp_date1-disp_date14 OR
> disp_date`k'), I need to pick out the first date of the break for each
> patient where
> variable A`k' > variable B`k'.
>
> I've been trying for hours but I can't get Stata to do exactly what I
> want. I tried -egen-, and some loops but to no avail.
>
> Does someone have any inputs?
>
> --
> Hitesh S. Chandwani
> University of Texas at Austin
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