Nick,
Thanks a lot. I had looked at -inrange()- (I had tried -replace `l' = . if
!= inlist(`l', 1, 2, 3, 4, 5) ) but I did not know about -!inrange()-
Thanks again,
Scott
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [email protected] [mailto:owner-
> [email protected]] On Behalf Of Nick Cox
> Sent: Thursday, February 09, 2006 10:09 AM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: st: RE: RE: Scoring the SF-12v2
>
> I just love the way that the means and
> SDs of scores based on 1-5 ratings can
> be quoted to up to 7 significant figures.
>
> More seriously, a small point of style
> that applies to other problems too. A line like
>
> replace `l' = . if `l' != 1 & `l' != 2 &`l' != 3 &`l' != 4
> &`l' != 5
>
> can also be written
>
> replace `l' = . if !inlist(`l', 1, 2, 3, 4, 5)
>
> It's quite easy to miss new Stata functions, which
> tend to be added without fanfare and documented without
> detailed examples. -inlist()- and its sibling
> -inrange()- have been around for a few versions now.
>
> Nick
> [email protected]
>
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