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Re: st: problem with swor and by


From   Richard Williams <[email protected]>
To   [email protected]
Subject   Re: st: problem with swor and by
Date   Mon, 20 Dec 2004 09:00:12 -0500

At 02:16 AM 12/20/2004 -0800, Gabriel Demombynes wrote:
When I do the following, I get different results each
time I run the
program:

set seed 6662
use alldata, clear
swor 1, gen(select) by(sex)
li
In Nick's successful example, I notice he puts the -set seed- command right before the -swor- command. You might try that, just in case something in the intermediate commands is affecting the seed. (Perhaps -clear- resets the seed?)


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