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st: RE: RE: check if variable is constant within id
Thank you Nick.
Tim
PS The FAQ page did not mention the -assert- command, which I didn't
know before.
-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected]
[mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Nick Cox
Sent: 16 May 2007 13:46
To: [email protected]
Subject: st: RE: check if variable is constant within id
I am pleased to hear that you don't want a program to do this.
First without missings,
bysort id (var1) : assert var1[1] == var1[_N]
checks that values of var1 are constant within id.
Second with missings, we need to set missings on one side:
gen byte ismiss = missing(var1)
bysort ismiss id (var) : assert var1[1] == var1[_N]
That's two lines. Perhaps someone can shorten it.
But the solutions here can be worked out from this FAQ, which says more
that I won't repeat here:
How do I list observations in a group that differ on a variable?
http://www.stata.com/support/faqs/data/diff.html
My suggestion to you is to scan the FAQs before posting.
Nick
[email protected]
Mak, Timothy
> I'm looking for an easy way to check if all the observations for a
> particular variable (say var1) within id (a subject identifying
> variable) are constant a) for the case where missings can be excluded,
> and b) for the case where missings cannot be excluded. The best answer
> would be a one-liner, with a short display. I don't want a program to
> do this.
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