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st: RE: RE: algebraic with missings


From   "Nick Cox" <[email protected]>
To   <[email protected]>
Subject   st: RE: RE: algebraic with missings
Date   Tue, 18 Nov 2003 14:00:08 -0000

Alternatively 

gen negc = -c 
egen q = rsum(a b negc) 

Nick 
[email protected] 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: [email protected]
> [mailto:[email protected]]On Behalf Of Nick Cox
> Sent: 18 November 2003 13:49
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: st: RE: algebraic with missings
> 
> 
> With -egen, rsum()- missings are ignored, 
> which evidently is what you want here. 
> 
> If you go 
> 
> . which _grsum 
> 
> and fire up your favourite text editor
> to look at the code, you can see how 
> it is done, by using 
> 
> cond(mi(varname), 0, varname) 
> 
> (In fact, what is there is an older 
> way of saying this; under version control, 
> that's OK.) 
> 
> Another way of doing this is 
> to exploit the fact that max(0, <missing>) 
> is 0 -- but that's not so good if any 
> of your values is negative. 
> 
> You want 
> 
> gen q = cond(mi(a), 0, a) + cond(mi(b), 0, b) - cond(mi(b), 0, c) 
> 
> Can that be written more concisely? 
> 
> Nick 
> [email protected] 
> 
> Roberto De Miguel
>    
> > To solve an equation of the type:  
> >   
> > p = a + b + c  
> >   
> > where a, b or c can be missing,  
> > I use the following sentence:  
> >   
> > egen p = rsum (a b c)  
> >   
> > But now I want to solve:  
> >   
> > q = a + b - c  
> >   
> > How can I do that?
> 
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