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st: diving values of a column with other values of the same column


From   Tzaloupas Dimitrov <[email protected]>
To   "[email protected]" <[email protected]>
Subject   st: diving values of a column with other values of the same column
Date   Tue, 5 Feb 2013 21:34:32 +0000 (GMT)

 Dear all,
 
I have the following excel file which I import into Stata
 Country          overall         specific            dates                              values
DD                         gg           0             01/11/2001                               5
DD                         gg           0             01/12/2001                               2
DD                         gg           0             01/01/2001                               3
 DD                        gg           zz           01/11/2001                               15
DD                         gg           zz           01/12/2001                               12
DD                         gg           zz           01/01/2001                              13
EE                          gg           0             01/11/2001                               0.5
EE                          gg           0             01/12/2001                               0.2
EE                          gg           0             01/01/2001                               0.3
EE                          gg           zz           01/11/2001                               25
EE                          gg           zz           01/12/2001                               122
EE                          gg           zz           01/01/2001                              2 3
 
For each country  separately(DD and EE) I would like to   divide the values that correspond to specific==zz by the values that correspond to speciffic==0
 
For example, for DD I want to divide the vector  of values (15 12 13) that corresponds to specific==zz by the vector (5 2 3) that corresponds to specific==0; so as to construct a new vector of values=(15/5 12/2 13/3)
 
Similarly for the other country EE
 
 
I use Stata 11 and actually I have 200 countries. 
 
I assume that a loop is needed but this task is way ahead of my capabilities.
 
If  you can provide a specific code, I would be greatful
 
Regards,
tzaloupas

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