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Re: st: Using a while loop to compare rows and delete them?
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Re: st: Using a while loop to compare rows and delete them?
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Wed, 20 Jun 2012 17:23:20 +0100
On Wed, Jun 20 2012, Brendan Halpin wrote:
> I'm thinking in terms of working like this:
>
> . gen situation = 0
> . replace situation = 1 if begepi[`i']!=begepi[`j'] | id[`i']!=id[`j']
> . replace situation = 2 if status[`i']==5 & status[`j']==5 & benefit[`i']==1 ///
> & situation == 0
Not quite like that! I was copying your code without thinking enough:
. gen situation = 0
. by id: replace situation = 1 if begepi!=begepi[_n]
. by id: replace situation = 2 if status==5 & status[_n+1]==5 & benefit==1 ///
& situation == 0
Brendan
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