st: -cond()- function

["VISINTAINER PAUL" <PAUL_VISINTAINER@nymc.edu>]

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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