Note that Leny Mathew's statement about the -replace-
command (N.B. not function) is false. There is no
reason why -if- and/or -in- restrictions should not
be used, as the on-line help makes plain, to -replace-
individual values.
In any case, a moderately bizarre alternative solution is
replace foo = foo[cond(mod(_n,4),_n + 4 - mod(_n,4),_n)]
I doubt that this generalises easily or usefully, but it may amuse.
In practice, a solution like Tom's is usually preferable.
Steichen, Thomas J.
> Something like the following should work:
> . gen tempgrp = int(_n/4 +.75)
> . bysort tempgrp: replace var = var[_N]
> . drop tempgrp
Leny Mathew
> I have a vector variable in which I want to replace the
> first three
> values by the fourth value; the fifth, sixth, seventh by the eight
> value; and so on till the end- the 960th value. This could be
> done with
> a loop, but the replace function in stata does not allow me
> to replace
> a specific observation in the vector. It allows me to replace the
> vector as a whole. Does any body know of a way in which the function
> can be made to replace specific values? Is there any other
> way of doing this?
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