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Re: st: use of *OR* | in 'replace'


From   Henrik Stovring <[email protected]>
To   [email protected]
Subject   Re: st: use of *OR* | in 'replace'
Date   Thu, 02 Mar 2006 12:23:12 +0100

You seem to have left out the actual OR statement:

. replace Include=1 if Temp==41.5 Dose_Group > 2

should read

. replace Include=1 if Temp==41.5 | Dose_Group > 2

Best,

Henrik

Steffen Hokland wrote:
>> . replace Include=1 if Temp==1 | Dose_Group<35
>> (26 real changes made)
> Well it's obviously possible. However, what about this one:
> 
> ***************************************************************
>  set obs 10
> obs was 0, now 10
> 
> . gen mouse = _n
> 
> . gen Dose_Group = 1
> 
> . replace Dose_Group = 2 if mouse > 32
> (0 real changes made)
> 
> . replace Dose_Group = 2 if mouse > 3
> (7 real changes made)
> 
> . replace Dose_Group = 3 if mouse > 6
> (4 real changes made)
> 
> . gen Temp=41.5
> 
> . replace Temp = 42.5 if mouse > 5
> (5 real changes made)
> 
> . gen Include = 0
> 
> . replace Include=1 if Dose_Group > 2 | Temp==41.5
> (9 real changes made)
> 
> . drop Include
> 
> . gen Include = 0
> 
> . replace Include=1 if Temp==41.5 Dose_Group > 2
> invalid 'Dose_Group'
> r(198);
> ***************************************************************
> 
> I'm certain that there's some logical explanation - it just eludes me.
> 
> Steffen
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