Re: st: reading value labels -- second and third largest values

[Jakob Pohlisch <mailjp@gmx.net>]

Thank you so much!

Jakob

Am 05.12.12 09:38, schrieb Nick Cox:
> No and no.
>
> I suggest you look inside the code.
>
> gen touse = !missing(varname)
> bysort touse group (varname) : gen highest = (_n >= _N - 2) & touse
>
> tags the 3 highest values of -varname-, separately within groups of -group-.
>
> after which you can -list- them or use them.
>
> Nick
>
> On Wed, Dec 5, 2012 at 8:21 AM, Jakob Pohlisch <mailjp@gmx.net> wrote:
> > Hello Nick,
> >
> > thanks for your quick answer! Is there any already build-in way to extract
> > those values or will i have to manipulate your command to do so?
> >
> > Jakob
> >
> > Am 05.12.12 08:59, schrieb Nick Cox:
> > > On #1, you will find some technique in the code for -extremes- (SSC).
> > >
> > > Nick
> > >
> > > On Tue, Dec 4, 2012 at 10:29 PM, Jakob Pohlisch <mailjp@gmx.net> wrote:
> > >
> > > > 1. The command summarize is computing the 4 largest and smallest values.
> > > > Unfortunately the command is not storing them for the reason that it is a
> > > > build in command i cannot manipulate it to do so. To get this values from
> > > > a
> > > > dataset is not that hard. i would just sort the values and take the
> > > > values
> > > > of the observations _N, _N-1 and so on. But if i would like to use the
> > > > bysort "command" i would have to get the values of "subsamples" of my
> > > > datatset. This is not to hard if i use the preserve and restore commands.
> > > > But these commands unfortunately are VERY time-consuming. I have really
> > > > big
> > > > datasets on hand and would like to obtain those values without the
> > > > preserve
> > > > and restore commands. Any idea?
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