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st: RE: RE: Like %GL(r,n) in GLIM


From   "Nick Cox" <[email protected]>
To   <[email protected]>
Subject   st: RE: RE: Like %GL(r,n) in GLIM
Date   Tue, 27 Feb 2007 18:18:44 -0000

Right in sprit, but 

First example is wrong. 

Second example starts 0,0,0,0. 

Nick 
[email protected] 

Newson, Roger B
 
> I think what you are looking for is a combination of the 
> system variable
> _n (order of observation in a dataset) and the -mod()-, -int()-,
> -floor()- and -ceil()- functions. For on-line help for functions in
> Stata, type in Stata
> 
> whelp functions
> 
> Your first example can be created, as the variable -fact1-, by typing
> 
> gene fact1=mod(_n,4)+1
> 
> and your second example can be created, as the variable -fact2-, by
> typing
> 
> gene fact2=int((_n-1)/4)

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