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Re: st: index number of an observation
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Pappan MADHAVAN <[email protected]>
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Re: st: index number of an observation
Date
Sun, 10 Mar 2013 18:14:24 -0400
You can use "list index if var>mean". Here you get the list all the
values that are more than mean, and you can see which obs is the first
one. I think in stata you can do this even without the index. Stata by
default gives this number.
Anand
On Sun, Mar 10, 2013 at 6:01 PM, Amir Kasaeian <[email protected]> wrote:
> Dear Clint,
> I didn't catch it!
> For example, I want to know what is the first observation (now by which index) more than mean in a column? I want its index number.
> thanks
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Clinton Thompson <[email protected]>
> To: [email protected]
> Cc:
> Sent: Sunday, 10 March 2013, 13:05
> Subject: Re: st: index number of an observation
>
> You can create the index first w/ a system variable, like this:
> gen index = _n
> The variable, index, should then uniquely identify each observation in
> your dataset and can then be used to reference a specific observation.
> Type -findit subscripting- (without the dashes) for more information.
> HTH,
> Clint
>
>
> On Sun, Mar 10, 2013 at 10:07 AM, Amir Kasaeian <[email protected]> wrote:
>> Dear all,
>>
>> Good day!
>> I want to catch index number of an observation in my data set. Which command or lines of codes should I use?
>>
>> Many thanks.
>>
>> Best,
>> Amir
>>
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