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| From | Nick Cox <njcoxstata@gmail.com> |
| To | statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu |
| Subject | Re: st: Optimizing recoding procedures |
| Date | Wed, 12 Dec 2012 14:55:46 +0000 |
Wish I'd thought of that. Nick On Tue, Dec 11, 2012 at 10:10 PM, David Radwin <dradwin@mprinc.com> wrote: > It's not much of an improvement, but if a, b, c, and d all are all dummy > (0/1) variables: > > replace x = 0 if a + b + c + d == 4 On Tue, Dec 11, 2012 at 6:00 PM, Thomas Lux <tholux2000@yahoo.de> >> >>> Thank you very much, Nick! >> >>> >> >>> The mentioned statement makes indeed no sense. >> >>> >> >>> The statement should be >> >>> >> >>> >> >>> replace x = 0 if a==1 & b==1 & c==1 & d==1 & d==1 >> >>> >> >>> Is there a way to do this in a shorter way? * * For searches and help try: * http://www.stata.com/help.cgi?search * http://www.stata.com/support/faqs/resources/statalist-faq/ * http://www.ats.ucla.edu/stat/stata/