Sebastian wrote:
Can I have the same result if use "egen peso=sum(pesoan)" or "egen
peso=total(pesoan)"
Why "gen peso=sum(pesoan)" has a different result?
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Kit Baum and Maarten Buis explained things, but Sebastian
may still be confused. The history is:
Prior to Stata 9 there were
gen peso = sum(pesoan)
and
egen peso = sum(pesoan)
Because it was confusing to some (at least to me) to have
different functions with similar names, StataCorp decided
to change name of the -egen- -sum()- function to:
egen peso = total(pesoan)
but
egen peso = sum(pesoan)
should continue working as usual - and it does.
Some other -egen- functions changed name as well. The changes
are described in:
help whatsnew8to9
Hope this helps
Svend
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