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From   "de la Garza, Adrian" <[email protected]>
To   <[email protected]>
Subject   st: RE: Replace
Date   Fri, 21 Nov 2003 20:21:25 -0500

I didn't know this -inlist- command and it is definitely very useful!!!
Thanks a lot!!!

Adrian

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Nick Winter [mailto:[email protected]] 
> Sent: Friday, November 21, 2003 3:16 PM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: Replace
> 
> 
> Hi,
> 
> As I understand it, aside from the "PC" complication, your task is to 
> propagate values of status forward through the data for each 
> country.  This 
> can be accomplished by:
> 
> . bysort country (date1): replace status=status[_n-1] ///
>          if status=="" & inlist(status[_n-1],"M","W","NM")
> 
> What this does:
> 
>          . bysort country (date1):
> 
> executes the command within country, with cases sorted by 
> date1 within country.
> 
>          replace status=status[_n-1]
> 
> replaces status with the value of status in the prior 
> observation, but only...
> 
>          if status=="" & inlist(status[_n-1],"M","W","NM")
> 
> if status is blank, and the prior observation for status is M, W, or 
> NM.  Because Stata executes the -replace- from top to bottom, 
> each blank 
> will be replaced in order, and the value of M/W/MN will 
> propagate through 
> the observations.  Because of teh -bysort- prefix, values will not 
> propagate into the next country.
> 
> But this leaves you with the "PC" issue: with observations of 
> "PC", you 
> want to look *forward* to the next non-blank, grab that, then 
> continue as 
> above.
> 
> Here's my take on that:
> 
>   . bysort country (date1): replace status = "X" ///
>          if status=="" & inlist(status[_n-1],"PC","X")
> 
>   . gen negdate = -date1
>   . bysort country (negdate): replace status = status[_n-1] ///
>          if (status=="X" | status=="PC") 
> inlist(status[_n-1],"M","W","NM")
> 
>   . bysort country (date1): replace status=status[_n-1] ///
>          if (status=="" |  & inlist(status[_n-1],"M","W","NM")
> 
> 
>   . replace status="" if status=="X"
>   . drop negdate
> 
> What this does:
> 
> First, fill in with "X" all the blank observations that 
> follow "PC" (logic 
> here is the same as the propagation above).
> 
> Then, reverse the date sort order (by sorting on the negative 
> of the date 
> variable), and propagate M/W/NM through the "X" values (and 
> the PC values).
> 
> Then, do the "simple" propagation, as above.
> 
> Then, delete any remaining "X" values.  (There will be 
> remaining "X" values 
> in any cases where a country has a "PC" that is *not* 
> followed ever by a 
> M/W/NM at any point.)
> 
> -Nick Winter
> 
> 
> At 02:09 PM 11/21/2003 -0500, you wrote:
> >Dear Statapeeps,
> >
> >I need to replace some values of a variable that meet certain
> >conditions. Although I know it's not possible to make direct 
> references
> >to rows using the -replace- command, this is what I want to do:
> >
> >replace status = status[`j'] if status[`j'] == "NM" | 
> status[`j'] == "W"
> >in `i'
> >
> >I tried to use a local variable to avoid using status[`j'] in the
> >command line but it didn't work. Like this:
> >
> >                                         local sta = status[`j']
> >                                         replace status = "`sta'" if
> >status[`j']=="NM"|status[`j']=="W" in `i'
> >
> >You will find my whole script below.
> >
> >Do you know how I can get past this problem?
> >
> >Here I present a chunk of my dataset so that you understand 
> the problem
> >better. You don't need to read the rest if you already 
> understood what I
> >want to do from the command line above.
> >
> >The data is organized in a panel format by country-date. 
> What I need is
> >to fill in the values of 'status' whenever they are missing and they
> >meet certain conditions.
> >
> >Suppose I start a loop that sweeps through 'status' row by row. Most
> >observations in 'status' are missing and suddenly, in 
> observation [i] I
> >find one cell that is not missing.
> >(a) If status[i] = "M"/"W"/"NM", the subsequent rows 
> (observations [j],
> >where j gets different values) should be "M"/"W"/"NM" whenever
> >country[i]=country[j] and date1[i]=date1[j].
> >
> >(b) If, however, status[i] = "PC" then I need to look at the next
> >non-empty cell to decide what "PC" is going to be in [i]. PC 
> is going to
> >be converted into "M" except if a subsequent value is "W" or "NM". A
> >value in row [j] is considered subsequent if [j] > [i] and
> >country[i]=country[j] and date1[i]=date1[j].
> >
> >The data looks like this:
> >
> >                country    date      date1    date2     status
> >   401. |       Armenia    1997m5    1995m6   1999m12          |
> >   402. |       Armenia    1997m6    1996m2   1999m12       PC |
> >   403. |       Armenia    1997m7    1996m2   1999m12          |
> >   404. |       Armenia    1997m8    1996m2   1999m12          |
> >   405. |       Armenia    1997m9    1996m2   1999m12          |
> >        |------------------------------------------------------|
> >   406. |       Armenia   1997m10    1996m2   1999m12          |
> >   407. |       Armenia   1997m11    1996m2   1999m12          |
> >   408. |       Armenia   1997m12    1996m2   1999m12          |
> >   409. |       Armenia    1998m1    1996m2   1999m12          |
> >   410. |       Armenia    1998m2    1996m2   1999m12        W |
> >        |------------------------------------------------------|
> >   411. |       Armenia    1998m3    1996m2   1999m12          |
> >   412. |       Armenia    1998m4    1996m2   1999m12          |
> >   413. |       Armenia    1998m5    1996m2   1999m12          |
> >   414. |       Armenia    1998m6    1996m2   1999m12          |
> >   415. |       Armenia    1998m7    1996m2   1999m12          |
> >        |------------------------------------------------------|
> >   416. |       Armenia    1998m8    1996m2   1999m12          |
> >   417. |       Armenia    1998m9    1996m2   1999m12          |
> >   418. |       Armenia   1998m10    1996m2   1999m12          |
> >   419. |       Armenia   1998m11    1996m2   1999m12          |
> >   420. |       Armenia   1998m12    1996m2   1999m12       PC |
> >        |------------------------------------------------------|
> >   421. |       Armenia    1999m1    1996m2   1999m12          |
> >   422. |       Armenia    1999m2    1996m2   1999m12          |
> >   423. |       Armenia    1999m3    1996m2   1999m12          |
> >   424. |       Armenia    1999m4    1996m2   1999m12          |
> >   425. |       Armenia    1999m5    1996m2   1999m12          |
> >        |------------------------------------------------------|
> >   426. |       Armenia    1999m6    1996m2   1999m12          |
> >   427. |       Armenia    1999m7    1996m2   1999m12          |
> >   428. |       Armenia    1999m8    1996m2   1999m12          |
> >   429. |       Armenia    1999m9    1996m2   1999m12          |
> >   430. |       Armenia   1999m10    1996m2   1999m12        M |
> >        |------------------------------------------------------|
> >   431. |       Armenia   1999m11    1996m2   1999m12          |
> >   432. |       Armenia   1999m12    1996m2   1999m12          |
> >   433. |       Armenia    2000m1         .         .          |
> >   434. |       Armenia    2000m2         .         .          |
> >
> >And after running my script it should look like this:
> >
> >                country    date      date1    date2     status
> >   401. |       Armenia    1997m5    1995m6   1999m12          |
> >   402. |       Armenia    1997m6    1996m2   1999m12        W |
> >   403. |       Armenia    1997m7    1996m2   1999m12        W |
> >   404. |       Armenia    1997m8    1996m2   1999m12        W |
> >   405. |       Armenia    1997m9    1996m2   1999m12        W |
> >        |------------------------------------------------------|
> >   406. |       Armenia   1997m10    1996m2   1999m12        W |
> >   407. |       Armenia   1997m11    1996m2   1999m12        W |
> >   408. |       Armenia   1997m12    1996m2   1999m12        W |
> >   409. |       Armenia    1998m1    1996m2   1999m12        W |
> >   410. |       Armenia    1998m2    1996m2   1999m12        W |
> >        |------------------------------------------------------|
> >   411. |       Armenia    1998m3    1996m2   1999m12        W |
> >   412. |       Armenia    1998m4    1996m2   1999m12        W |
> >   413. |       Armenia    1998m5    1996m2   1999m12        W |
> >   414. |       Armenia    1998m6    1996m2   1999m12        W |
> >   415. |       Armenia    1998m7    1996m2   1999m12        W |
> >        |------------------------------------------------------|
> >   416. |       Armenia    1998m8    1996m2   1999m12        W |
> >   417. |       Armenia    1998m9    1996m2   1999m12        W |
> >   418. |       Armenia   1998m10    1996m2   1999m12        W |
> >   419. |       Armenia   1998m11    1996m2   1999m12        W |
> >   420. |       Armenia   1998m12    1996m2   1999m12        M |
> >        |------------------------------------------------------|
> >   421. |       Armenia    1999m1    1996m2   1999m12        M |
> >   422. |       Armenia    1999m2    1996m2   1999m12        M |
> >   423. |       Armenia    1999m3    1996m2   1999m12        M |
> >   424. |       Armenia    1999m4    1996m2   1999m12        M |
> >   425. |       Armenia    1999m5    1996m2   1999m12        M |
> >        |------------------------------------------------------|
> >   426. |       Armenia    1999m6    1996m2   1999m12        M |
> >   427. |       Armenia    1999m7    1996m2   1999m12        M |
> >   428. |       Armenia    1999m8    1996m2   1999m12        M |
> >   429. |       Armenia    1999m9    1996m2   1999m12        M |
> >   430. |       Armenia   1999m10    1996m2   1999m12        M |
> >        |------------------------------------------------------|
> >   431. |       Armenia   1999m11    1996m2   1999m12        M |
> >   432. |       Armenia   1999m12    1996m2   1999m12        M |
> >   433. |       Armenia    2000m1         .         .          |
> >   434. |       Armenia    2000m2         .         .          |
> >
> >This is my script and I don't know what the problem is:
> >
> >       local m = _N
> >         forv i = 1/`m' {
> >                 if status[`i'] != "" {
> >                         if status[`i'] == "PC" {
> >                                 local j = `i'+1
> >                                 while status[`j'] == "" &
> >country[`j']==country[`i'] & date1[`i']==date1[`j'] {
> >                                         local sta = status[`j']
> >                                         replace status = "`sta'" if
> >status[`j']=="NM"|status[`j']=="W" in `i'
> >                                         replace status = "M" if
> >status[`j']=="M"|(date1[`j']!=date1[`i'] & 
> country[`j']!=country[`i'] in
> >`i'
> >                                 }
> >                         }
> >                         else {
> >                                 local j = `i'+1
> >                                 local k = 0
> >                                 while status[`j'] == "" &
> >country[`i']==country[`j'] & date1[`i']==date1[`j'] {
> >                                         local sta = status[`i']
> >                                         replace status = 
> "`sta'" in `j'
> >                                         local j = `j'+1
> >                                         local k = `k'+1
> >                                 }
> >                         }
> >                         local i = `i'+`k'
> >                 }
> >         }
> >
> >Thanks a lot,
> >Adrian
> >
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> --------------------------------------------------------
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