st: Percentiles: Identify of smallest observation closet to percentilevalue

[Rod Hunter <info@hunarch.com.au>]

I would be grateful if a StataList member could tell me how I can 
efficiently indentify the observation that is the smallest observation 
closest to a percentile value? Similarly, how can I generate a new 
variable that is the smallest observation closest to the percentile?


Rod Hunter

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