st: RE: generate if [exp], otherwise

["David Harrison" <David@icnarc.org>]

gen newvar=cond(x<5,y+1,y)

David
david@icnarc.org

-----Original Message-----
From: Mark Clatworthy [mailto:ClatworthyMA@Cardiff.ac.uk]
Sent: 12 August 2004 09:25
To: statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu
Subject: st: generate if [exp], otherwise


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.