Dear statalisters,
my data set contains 113 variables that belong to 62 cases. There are 1 to 5
variables per case.
I need to calculate the mean of the means of these 1 to 5 variables for each
of my 62 cases.
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A possible code for one case with 3 variables looks like this:
sum sd0032i1
local x=r(mean)
sum sd0032i3
local y=r(mean)
sum sd0032i4
local z=r(mean)
gen msd0032=(`x�+`y�+`z�)/3
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The 3rd to 6th letter of the variable names is identical for the variables
of each case, the last letter distinguishes the 1 to 5 variables with an
ascending order but unfortunately sometimes with "gaps" like in the case
above.
My problem is: how can I generalise this - or an equivalent - code to be
repeated 62 times with a varying number of variables?
I would be grateful for hints to solve this problem!
Dietrich.
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