Scott Merryman replied to Benoit Dulong
> > Is it possible (change the program) to get nearest to
> work with by ?
> Rather than changing the program you could use foreach to
> call -nearest- for
> each group.
>
> Example:
>
> levels id, local(levels)
> foreach l of local levels {
> nearest x y if idrep == `l' , id(idpoint`l') dist(h`l')
> }
>
To expand a bit on Scott's reply:
You can do it. See help -byable-.
It's not on my agenda, even though it is
a minor change. As Michael Blasnik has
pointed out previously, -nearest- is not nearly
so fast as a program he wrote himself.
Therefore, it's that program which should
be improved (if it doesn't support this
already).
Meanwhile, as Scott indicated, -foreach-
with -levels- is one way to -by:-it-yourself.
Nick
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