RE: st: Looping within a subset under a certain condition

["Gerard Solbrig" <gsolbrig@mail.uni-mannheim.de>]

I understand. That's what I did in an earlier version of the loop, where I
subscripted both, -rep- and -trandate- in my loop, but then Stata returned: 

'[' invalid obs no
r(198);

Why is that? That's why I got rid of it in the first place. But without the
subscript, the loop does not seem to finish running.


-----Original Message-----
From: owner-statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu
[mailto:owner-statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu] On Behalf Of Nick Cox
Sent: Sonntag, 30. September 2012 11:59
To: statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu
Subject: Re: st: Looping within a subset under a certain condition

This can't be right, if only because you are misunderstanding what the
-if- command does. Stata treats

if rep == 1

as if it were

if rep[1] == 1

See

FAQ     . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  if command vs. if
qualifier
        . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  J.
Wernow
        6/00    I have an if command in my program that only seems
                to evaluate the first observation, what's going on?
                http://www.stata.com/support/faqs/lang/ifqualifier.html

The context of looping over observations makes no difference here. You
probably intend

if rep[`i'] == 1

Similar comment w.r.t.

if trandate ...

where -trandate- _must_ be subscripted.


On Sun, Sep 30, 2012 at 10:18 AM, Gerard Solbrig
<gsolbrig@mail.uni-mannheim.de> wrote:
> That sure is correct. Please see my reply to Pengpeng on that matter. 
> So far, I've only focused on getting the rep_ins indicator to work at 
> all, but multiple windows for one firm is an additional concern. 
> Ideally, a code would indicate for each rep = 0 case within which of 
> these windows the observation's 'trandate' lies...
>
> Here's the last version of my code (without inclusion of your earlier 
> suggestion and the multiple window problem):
>
> forvalues x = 1/`max' {
>         summarize obs, meanonly
>         local N = r(N)
>         forvalues i = 1/`N' {
>                 if rep == 1 {
>                 local r = `i'
>                 local s = `i'+1
>                 forvalues z = `s'/`N' {
>                         if trandate >= wind_start[`r'] & trandate <= 
> wind_end[`r'] {
>                         replace rep_ins = 1 in [`z']
>                         }
>                         else {
>                         replace rep_ins = 0 in [`z']
>                         }
>                 }
>         }
> }
> }
> replace rep_ins = . if rep == 1
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu
> [mailto:owner-statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu] On Behalf Of Nick Cox
> Sent: Sonntag, 30. September 2012 11:10
> To: statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu
> Subject: Re: st: Looping within a subset under a certain condition
>
> The other thing I wasn't clear on your rules for combining two or more 
> windows for the same firm. The code example I gave just uses the 
> overall range of the windows, but that would include any gaps between 
> windows. Thus if a < b < c < d and there are windows [a,b] and [c,d] 
> then the combined window [a, d] includes a gap [b, c].
>
> On Sun, Sep 30, 2012 at 9:56 AM, Gerard Solbrig 
> <gsolbrig@mail.uni-mannheim.de> wrote:
>> My bad, sorry! Of course, the observation 5apr2004 should not be 
>> considered in the window, as it lies outside of the range between 
>> 'wind_start' and 'wind_end'. Despite, it seems you've understood my
> problem correctly.
>>
>> I'll try to incorporate your suggestion into a solution and see 
>> whether it helps finding a solution. I will post an update on the 
>> matter
> later.
>>
>> Thanks so far!
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: owner-statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu
>> [mailto:owner-statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu] On Behalf Of Nick Cox
>> Sent: Sonntag, 30. September 2012 01:13
>> To: statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu
>> Subject: Re: st: Looping within a subset under a certain condition
>>
>> I had another look at this. I still don't understand your problem 
>> exactly (e.g. why is the second obs at 5apr2004 considered in 
>> window), but the technique here may help.
>>
>> egen first_start = min(wind_start), by(firm_id) egen last_end = 
>> max(wind_end), by(firm_id)
>>
>> gen in_window = inrange(date, first_start, last_end)
>>
>> egen all_0_in_window = min(in_window) if rep == 0, by(firm_id)
>>
>> On the last line: on all <=> min, any <=> max, see
>>
>> FAQ     . . Creating variables recording whether any or all possess some
>> char.
>>         . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  N.
J.
>> Cox
>>         2/03    How do I create a variable recording whether any
>>                 members of a group (or all members of a group)
>>                 possess some characteristic?
>>                 http://www.stata.com/support/faqs/data/anyall.html
>>
>> Nick
>>
>> On Fri, Sep 28, 2012 at 9:45 PM, Gerard Solbrig 
>> <gsolbrig@mail.uni-mannheim.de> wrote:
>>>
>>> I'm encountering a problem for which I seek your help.
>>>
>>> Let me start off with an example from my data (what I want it to 
>>> look like in the end), before I explain my particular problem.
>>>
>>> firm_id date            rep     wind_start              wind_end
>>> rep_ins
>>>
>>> firm1           01jan2000       0       .                       .
>>> 0
>>> firm1           05apr2004       0       .                       .
>>> 1
>>> firm1           01nov2004       1       05may2004
30may2005
>>> .
>>> firm1           10dec2004       0       .                       .
>>> 1
>>> firm1           01jan2006       0       .                       .
>>> 0
>>> firm2           30dec1999       1       03jul1999
27jul2000
>>> .
>>> firm2           05jan2000       1       09jul1999
02aug2000
>>> .
>>> firm2           06jun2000       0       .                       .
>>> 1
>>>
>>> Each firm in my data has a 'firm_id'. Variable 'date' refers to an 
>>> event date. The 'rep' dummy indicates the type of event.
>>> I set 'wind_start' and 'wind_end' as period around the event 
>>> (-180days,+210days), in case it's a rep = 1 type event.
>>>
>>> Now, I would like the 'rep_ins' dummy to indicate (i.e., rep_ins = 
>>> 1), whether the date of all other observations of this firm (where 
>>> rep =
>>> 0) lies within the range determined by 'wind_start' and 'wind_end'
>>> (which is conditional upon the 'rep' dummy).
>>>
>>> I've come across looping over observations and tried to design a 
>>> solution for this problem based on that, but failed to do so. I 
>>> assume the solution also depends on sorting the data in a special way.
>>>
>>> Here's the first part of my .do-file:
>>>
>>> gen wind_start = date-180 if rep == 1 gen wind_end = date+210 if rep 
>>> == 1 format wind_start %d format wind_end %d gsort +cusip6 +date
>>> +trandate gen rep_ins = 0 if rep != 1
>>>
>>> I tried to come up with a solution by adding variables 'per_start'
>>> and 'per_end' for all rep = 0:
>>>
>>> gen per_start = date-180 if rep == 0 gen per_end = date+180 if rep 
>>> == 0 format per_start %d format per_end %d
>>>
>>> To mark the period within which the rep = 1 event can lie. Maybe 
>>> this could contribute to finding a solution as well.
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