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st: New version of -xcontract- on SSC (again)


From   Roger Newson <[email protected]>
To   [email protected]
Subject   st: New version of -xcontract- on SSC (again)
Date   Tue, 12 Aug 2003 21:30:03 +0100

Fellow Statalisters

Thanks to Kit Baum, there is now a new version of -xcontract- on SSC (again). In Stata, type -ssc desc xcontract- to find out more.

-xcontract- is an extended version of -contract-, described as below on my website. The new version should do exactly the same as the old version, but should do it a lot faster in large data sets, thanks to some very helpful suggestions made by Nick Cox about efficient code and avoiding unnecessary file handling.

Best wishes

Roger

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package xcontract from http://www.kcl-phs.org.uk/rogernewson/stata8
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TITLE
xcontract: Make data set of frequencies and percents on disk or in memory

DESCRIPTION/AUTHOR(S)
xcontract is an extended version of contract. It creates a data set with one
observation per combination of values of a list of variables in the existing
data set and new variables containing the frequency and percent of each
combination, and, optionally, the cumulative frequency and percent of each
combination. A list of by-variables can be used with xcontract, and the
percents will then be calculated within by-groups. The output data set may
either be listed to the Stata log, or saved to a disk file, or written to the
memory (overwriting any existing data set).

Author: Roger Newson
Distribution-Date: 12august2003
Stata-Version: 8

INSTALLATION FILES (click here to install)
xcontract.ado
xcontract.hlp
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Roger Newson
Lecturer in Medical Statistics
Department of Public Health Sciences
King's College London
5th Floor, Capital House
42 Weston Street
London SE1 3QD
United Kingdom

Tel: 020 7848 6648 International +44 20 7848 6648
Fax: 020 7848 6620 International +44 20 7848 6620
or 020 7848 6605 International +44 20 7848 6605
Email: [email protected]
Website: http://www.kcl-phs.org.uk/rogernewson

Opinions expressed are those of the author, not the institution.

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