Only if your panel starts in year 1 (1 CE = 1 AD).
Nick
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> thanks a lot
> I try to do this:
> by sort id country: replace var=var[_n+1] if year==1
>
> is it the same?
>
> now try with your help.
> best
>
> Quoting Scott Merryman <[email protected]>:
>
> > bysort id (year):replace var = var[2] if _n == 1 & mi(var)
> >
> > Scott
> >
> >
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: [email protected] [mailto:owner-
> >> [email protected]] On Behalf Of [email protected]
> >> Sent: Monday, December 04, 2006 8:27 AM
> >> To: [email protected]
> >> Subject: st: change value an old variable
> >>
> >> Dear All,
> >> I have a variable in a panel that in first year is
> missing for each
> >> value. I want to swap this variable by the value of the variable in
> >> second year? How do it in stata? i try with generate and
> replace but
> >> not function.
> >> Thanks a lot for your help
> >> Catia
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