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Re: st: sort within values
From
Nick Cox <[email protected]>
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Subject
Re: st: sort within values
Date
Wed, 26 Sep 2012 09:36:46 +0100
. sort var1
. gen var2 = var1[1]
???
Nick
On Wed, Sep 26, 2012 at 9:19 AM, Michele Santacatterina
<[email protected]> wrote:
> i was wondering how to sort a numeric variable within the values. Here an example, var1 contains 2 values (12,21) i would like to sort within var1 in order to create var2 = (12,12)
>
> var1 var2
> 12 12
> 12 12
> 12 12
> 12 12
> 21 12
> 21 12
> 21 12
> 21 12
>
> furthermore i have the same question for a string variable, for example if i have var1 (A+E , E+A) i would like to create a var2 (A+E,A+E).
>
> var1 var2
> A+E A+E
> A+E A+E
> E+A A+E
> E+A A+E
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