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Re: st: generate if [exp], otherwise

From	Chris Wallace <[email protected]>
To	[email protected]
Subject	Re: st: generate if [exp], otherwise
Date	Thu, 12 Aug 2004 09:21:38 +0100

"Mark Clatworthy" <[email protected]> writes:

> I would like to generate a newvar which is equal to variable y +1 if variable x
> is less than 5, but equal to variable y if variable x is greater than 5.  

one way:

gen newvar=y
replace newvar=y+1 if x>5 & x<.

PS - what do you want to do if x==5?

C.


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