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Re: st: data manipulation


From   David K Evans <[email protected]>
To   [email protected]
Subject   Re: st: data manipulation
Date   Tue, 9 Nov 2004 09:18:57 -0500 (EST)

One way would be to use the int function:

gen z=int(x)

'an expression' if x==z
'another expression' if x~=z

If x is an integer, than x will be equal to z. If not, they won't be
equal.
Dave

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On Tue, 9 Nov 2004, Nahid Tabatabai wrote:

> Hi,
> I have a simple question. I have a column (x) with integer and non-integer values, such as 2, 2.03. 1, 1.8, .... I want to use this column to identify each record by referring to the integer and alternatively non-integer values. How do I refer to them?
>
> for example:
>
> 'an expression'  if x==integer values
> 'another expression'  if x ~=integer values
>
> In these two examples how do I identify the integer and non-integer values?
>
> thanks,
> Nahid
>
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