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st: RE: number of missing variables per observation for string variables
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"Radwin, David" <[email protected]>
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st: RE: number of missing variables per observation for string variables
Date
Fri, 21 Feb 2014 17:44:21 -0500
Alison,
Why not use -egen- with the rowmiss function?
. egen nmissing = rowmiss(q1-q94)
David
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: [email protected] [mailto:owner-
> [email protected]] On Behalf Of Alison El Ayadi
> Sent: Friday, February 21, 2014 2:24 PM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: st: number of missing variables per observation for string
> variables
>
> Dear Statalist -
>
> I am trying to generate the number of missing variables per
> observation among a series of string variables.
>
> I thought that the rmiss2 extension to egen function would perform
> this with no problem. However, when I run the following code:
>
> egen nmis=rmiss2(q1-q94)
>
> I get an error: float not allowed r(101). These are all string
> variables, so I don't understand why this is not working. Does anyone
> know how to write this differently or accomplish my goal in a
> different way?
>
> Thanks so much,
> Alison
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