--- Joseph McDonnell <[email protected]> wrote:
From: "Cristian Mackenna" <[email protected]>
> >Is there any fast way to generate a dummy for every of the 3.000
> id_place
> >
>
> forvalues j=1(1)3000 {
> gen dummy`j'=(id_place==`j')
> }
>
> but I doubt you really want to go down that path. That number of
> dummies is
> excessive to say the least.
>
I also doubt you need it, but if you do I'd do and want to do it with
this loop I'd replace the line -gen dummy`j'=(id_place==`j')- with
-gen byte dummy`j'=(id_place==`j')-. See: -help generate- and -help
data types- This will keep the size of your data down. Richard
Williams' suggestion (use -tabulate- with the gen option) is ofcourse
even easier.
HTH,
Maarten
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Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
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http://home.fsw.vu.nl/m.buis/
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