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From   "VISINTAINER PAUL" <[email protected]>
To   <[email protected]>
Subject   st: -cond()- function
Date   Wed, 31 Dec 2003 15:06:28 -0500

I have an integer variable that I would like to collapse into a dichotomous variable. Using the following statement:
 
      .gen cholcat = cond(chol,0,1,9)
 
produces the same output as:
 
     .gen cholcat = cond(chol,0,1)
 
The first statement continues to recode "missings" as 1, not 9.  In order to capture the missings appropriately, I have to follow each -cond()- statement with a -replace- command.
 
 
Am I using the -cond()- function appropriately?
 
Thanks,
 
paul visintainer

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