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Re: st: Re: Fill Missing values at the End


From   Nick Cox <[email protected]>
To   "[email protected]" <[email protected]>
Subject   Re: st: Re: Fill Missing values at the End
Date   Thu, 9 Jan 2014 13:00:34 +0000

<>

In fact

http://www.stata.com/statalist/archive/2014-01/msg00231.html

is not even internally consistent.
Nick
[email protected]


On 9 January 2014 12:53, Nick Cox <[email protected]> wrote:
> This question gets more difficult to understand, not less. Let's focus
> on Abida. You say you want to get
>
> 1990 Abida 57.0
> 1991 Abida 44.3
> 1992 Abida 41.3
> 1993 Abida 92.3
> 1994 Abida 42.2
> 1995 Abida 82.7
> 1996 Abida 42.1
> 1997 Abida 42.5
> 1998 Abida 43.0
> 1999 Abida 43.4
> 2000 Abida 43.9
>
> whereas in http://www.stata.com/statalist/archive/2014-01/msg00231.html
> the data were stated to be
>
> 1990 Abida 57.0
> 1991 Abida 44.3
> 1992 Abida 41.3
> 1993 Abida 92.3
> 1994 Abida 42.2
> 1995 Abida 56.0
>
> and you said you wanted
>
> 1996 Abida 96.6
> 1997 Abida 113.0
> 1998 Abida 132.0
> 1999 Abida 154.4
> 2000 Abida 180.4
>
> What's up with 1995?
>
> What rule gets you from 82.7 to 42.1 (this post)?
>
> What rule gets you from 56.0 to 96.6 (this post)?
>
> There couldn't be good answers if the questions make no sense.
>
> Nick
> [email protected]
>
>
> On 9 January 2014 04:01, Sadia Khalid <[email protected]> wrote:
>> Sir
>> I am new to Stata and do not know how to write codes.
>>
>> Sir I have posted in the previous messages what i have and what i want to get.
>> year name y
>> 1990 Aqueela 50.1
>> 1991 Aqueela 39.9
>> 1992 Aqueela 93.4
>> 1993 Aqueela 53.4
>> 1994 Aqueela 5.9
>> 1995 Aqueela 41.6
>> 1996 Aqueela
>> 1997 Aqueela
>> 1998 Aqueela
>> 1999 Aqueela
>> 2000 Aqueela
>> 1990 Abida 57.0
>> 1991 Abida 44.3
>> 1992 Abida 41.3
>> 1993 Abida 92.3
>> 1994 Abida 42.2
>> 1995 Abida 56.0
>> 1996 Abida
>> 1997 Abida
>> 1998 Abida
>> 1999 Abida
>> 2000 Abida
>> 1990 Zubaida 68.5
>> 1991 Zubaida 51.0
>> 1992 Zubaida 41.7
>> 1993 Zubaida 91.5
>> 1994 Zubaida 40.7
>> 1995 Zubaida
>> 1996 Zubaida
>> 1997 Zubaida
>> 1998 Zubaida
>> 1999 Zubaida
>> 2000 Zubaida
>>
>>
>> What I want to get.
>> year name y
>> 1990 Aqueela 50.1
>> 1991 Aqueela 39.9
>> 1992 Aqueela 93.4
>> 1993 Aqueela 53.4
>> 1994 Aqueela 5.9
>> 1995 Aqueela 41.6
>> 1996 Aqueela 42.1
>> 1997 Aqueela 42.5
>> 1998 Aqueela 43.0
>> 1999 Aqueela 43.4
>> 2000 Aqueela 43.9
>> 1990 Abida 57.0
>> 1991 Abida 44.3
>> 1992 Abida 41.3
>> 1993 Abida 92.3
>> 1994 Abida 42.2
>> 1995 Abida 82.7
>> 1996 Abida 42.1
>> 1997 Abida 42.5
>> 1998 Abida 43.0
>> 1999 Abida 43.4
>> 2000 Abida 43.9
>> 1990 Zubaida 68.5
>> 1991 Zubaida 51.0
>> 1992 Zubaida 41.7
>> 1993 Zubaida 91.5
>> 1994 Zubaida 40.7
>> 1995 Zubaida
>> 1996 Zubaida
>> 1997 Zubaida
>> 1998 Zubaida
>> 1999 Zubaida
>> 2000 Zubaida
>>
>>
>> actually the code is not giving the above mentioed results.
>>
>> Please help me out.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Regards
>> Sadia Khalid
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