st: GET SAMPLES IN STATA

[sgsr100 <sgsr100@york.ac.uk>]

Hi, 
Do you know how can a get a training sample randomly chosen from stata
and how can I keep the remaining observations as a holdout sample. 
Thanks,
Sandra
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