Why not use -egen-? Also, are there ties in the values for the variable you are trying to recode?
HTH,
Billy
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On Mar 26, 2013, at 7:30, Xixi Lin <winnielxx@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I am trying to make independent variables into decile groups, and I
> used xtile decile=x1 if Period==`z', nq(10); however, it turns out
> that xtile does not make equal number of the 10 groups, is there any
> way to force stata to divide them into equal number of obs or almost
> equal number of obs?
>
> Thanks,
> Xixi Lin
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