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Re: st: using loop for [_n+1]
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Maarten Buis <[email protected]>
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Re: st: using loop for [_n+1]
Date
Thu, 15 Nov 2012 11:50:01 +0100
On Thu, Nov 15, 2012 at 11:37 AM, Dherani, Mukeshwrote:
> I want to add money if the next row is exactly the same, however stata is coming up with errors when I used following syntax:
> ("invalid syntax"
<snip>
> gen money=mone+mone[_n+1] if `x'=`x'[_n+1]
The if condition should be: -if `x' == `x'[_n+1]-
notice the == instead of =
Hope this helps,
Maarten
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