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Re: st: How to generate variables by period
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Xixi Lin <[email protected]>
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Re: st: How to generate variables by period
Date
Mon, 11 Feb 2013 14:35:50 -0500
Wow!
Thank you so much!
Best,
Xixi Lin
On Mon, Feb 11, 2013 at 2:25 PM, Nick Cox <[email protected]> wrote:
> No loop needed.
>
> bysort period : gen bench = 4/_N
>
> On Mon, Feb 11, 2013 at 7:18 PM, Xixi Lin <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> I want to generate a benchmark, which equals 4/n, while n is the
>> number of observations and changes for each period out of 120 periods.
>> For example,
>> period 1: n=2000, benchmark=4/2000
>> period 2: n=3000, benchmark=4/3000
>> ......
>> period 120: n=1800, benchmark=4/1800
>>
>> How can I generate this benchmark more efficiently, for instance, write a loop?
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