Re: st: split a sample

[Nick Cox <njcoxstata@gmail.com>]

sysuse auto
su weight, detail
gen byte mysplit = cond(missing(weight), ., (weight >= r(p50)))

Nick

On Thu, Dec 20, 2012 at 4:56 PM, Ebru Ozturk <ebru_0512@hotmail.com> wrote:

> How do we split a sample according to a certain variable? I want to split the sample by using median value of a certain independent variable. Which command should I use?
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