No, it is not weird. By default -egen- here
produces a -float-, unless the user
has -set type-, in which case the question
would presumably not arise.
Nick
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Rodrigo Alfaro
> This sounds weird, try the following steps:
>
> sort id year
> by id year: egen double newvar=sum(oldvar)
>
> then list, sum or tab to see the values of newvar.
>
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