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Re: st: add observations
From
Nick Cox <[email protected]>
To
[email protected]
Subject
Re: st: add observations
Date
Mon, 6 Aug 2012 14:07:41 +0100
local N = _N + 1
expand 2
replace pd =4 in `N'/L
On Mon, Aug 6, 2012 at 1:25 PM, Ronnie Babigumira <[email protected]> wrote:
> Dear listers,
>
> I have a dataset that looks like this
> hcod pd pdt
> 3092285 1 31
> 3092285 1 43
> 3092285 2 11
> 3092285 2 21
> 3092285 2 41
> 3092285 2 45
> 3092285 3 42
>
>
>
>
> I would like to add new observations so that I end up with
> hcod pd pdt
> 3092285 1 31
> 3092285 1 43
> 3092285 2 11
> 3092285 2 21
> 3092285 2 41
> 3092285 2 45
> 3092285 3 42
> 3092285 4 31
> 3092285 4 43
> 3092285 4 11
> 3092285 4 21
> 3092285 4 41
> 3092285 4 45
>
> 3092285 4 42
>
>
>
> Basically, each unit (hcod) should have 4 periods (pd). What we would like to do is add all products (pdt) present in the non-missing periods to the missing period.
>
> Any suggestions to get us started would be very welcome.
>
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