In addition to other answers, note the -egen- function -clsst- in the
-egenmore- package on SSC. The possibly cryptic name is a side-effect of
the 8.3 filename.ext limit on filenames that bit hard at the time it was
written (2000).
Nick
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Ana R. Rios
I would like to obtain the incpc that is closest to x value. For
example, if x=500 the incpc will be 360.
househol incpc obs
37620 228.22 1
33013 323.75 2
19319 360 3
6211 750 4
31814 813.75 5
28820 982.6588 6
17905 993.0207 7
10022 1122.5 8
5116 1145.833 9
7521 1151.435 10
6105 1193.125 11
32410 1274.714 12
5218 1278 13
9920 1278 14
36517 1328.5 15
9614 1375 16
6203 1395 17
6213 1448.333 18
7206 1460 19
32414 1470 20
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