Re: st: Replacing observations with values from other observations

[Rebecca Pope <rebecca.a.pope@gmail.com>]

Moses,
Do you mean you want to replace the value of var1 with the value of
some other variable based on obsID? If so, it is just:

replace var1 = var2 if obsID==5

Or, are you wanting to replace var1 for obsID==5 with a different
value of var1 that is observed for a different ID or some other
condition? An example dataset & end result would be really helpful.

Regards,
Rebecca

On Fri, May 31, 2013 at 3:31 PM, Pounds, Moses A.
<MAPounds@bcps.k12.md.us> wrote:
> Hello everyone,
>
> I would like to replace specific observations with values from other observations. I can use
>
> replace var1 = 500 if obsID==5
>
> to replace the value for variable 1 in the observation with ID number 5, with the quantity 500. What I would like is code that allows me to make a reference to another observation, in place of that "500." Does anyone have a way to do this? (My option of last resort is to do this in Excel, but I would prefer to keep working in Stata.)
>
> Thanks in advance for any help you can give,
> Moses
>
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> Moses A. Pounds
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> Baltimore City Public Schools
> Office of Achievement and Accountability
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