one way is
sort x
count if x!=x[_n-1]
On Fri, 26 Mar 2004, SamL wrote:
> I want to know how many values of variable X there are in my data. I
> don't need to know the frequency distribution of X, I need to know how
> many values of X there are. For example, if the true frequency
> distribution is:
>
> Value Frequency Pct
> 1 8 8.0
> 2 20 20.0
> 3 30 30.0
> 4 20 20.0
> 7 12 12.0
> 15 10 10.0
>
> then, I only want a count of the Value column (which is 6 in the case
> above). My problem is that I -tab1- a variable but there are too many
> values for it to run the frequency distribution. I could use by, but that
> could get very tedious with counting, and could be prone to error when I
> add up across the by variable. I expect there to be something on the
> order of 3700 values, but I have to check to be sure.
>
> My check of the manual and the stata web-site turned up nothing, but
> perhaps I do not know for what command or keyword I should search.
>
> Ideas appreciated.
>
> Thanks.
> Sam
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