Re: st: Generating distinct observations after expand

[Aljar Meesters <aljar.meesters@gmail.com>]

Dear Stefan,

This will do the trick:

local n = 4 // n dummies

collapse d*,  by(id)
reshape long d, i(id) j(j)
forv i = 1 /`n'{
    bysort id : gen d`i' = ( _n == `i' & d == 1 )
}
drop if d == 0
drop d j

best,

Aljar

2013/6/3 Stefan Bernhard <stefanbernhard88@gmail.com>:
> Suppose there are an arbitrary number of dummy variables and n
> identical observations (after expand) for a number of individuals,
> where n can be different for each individual.
>
> I want to end up with n distinct observations per individual, where
> each observation has exactly one of the dummies with initial value 1
> kept at 1, while all others are set to 0, and the set of dummies must
> uniquely identify all observations within each individual.
>
> e.g.
>
> id | d1 d2 d3 d4
> 1 | 1 0 1 0
> 1 | 1 0 1 0
> 2 | 1 0 0 1
> 2 | 1 0 0 1
> 3 | 1 1 0 1
> 3 | 1 1 0 1
> 3 | 1 1 0 1
>
> I want to end up with
>
> id | d1 d2 d3 d4
> 1 | 1 0 0 0
> 1 | 0 0 1 0
> 2 | 1 0 0 0
> 2 | 0 0 0 1
> 3 | 1 0 0 0
> 3 | 0 1 0 0
> 3 | 0 0 0 1
>
> I have been trying around with while, foreach, macros, by: and whatnot
> for an hour now and can't find a way to do that.
>
> thanks, stefan bernhard,
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