set obs 1000
gen value = .
qui forval i = 1/1000 {
replace value = x`i'[1,1] in `i'
}
sort value
l if inlist(_n,50,950)
Nick
[email protected]
P.S. matsize 800 is not a limit in all versions
of Stata.
P.P.S. your comment about not being able
to change the data is not convincing:
as you know about -restore-, you can
get round any restriction.
NEYMOTIN, FLORENCE
If I have 1000 vectors (nx1 matrices) and I would like to
compare the first value in each vector
in order to find the 50th largest, and the 950th largest of
these values, is there an easy way to
do this in stata? I know I can't have more than 800 entries
in any one vector, so I'm not able to
simply create a vector that contains within it the first
value in each of the original 1000
vectors. I am also NOT able to change the data because it is
already in a mode that needs to be
put into restore later. Is there an easy algorithm anyone
can think of to do this?
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