Socrates,
Martin's suggestion is better after you convert parent to numeric
with a destring command.
- Robert
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----- Original Message -----
From: Robert A Yaffee <[email protected]>
Date: Saturday, November 18, 2006 8:34 am
Subject: Re: st: Data Manipulation Question
> Socrates,
>
>
> If you don't have many parents, you could try:
>
>
> gen t = _n
> tsset t
> gen tt=l.t
> gen parentn = 1 if Parent==A
> replace parentn = 2 if Parent==X
> replace parentn = 3 if Parent==Z
> replace parentn = l.parentn if l.t==tt & parentn ==.
>
> . If have a lot of families, this approach might not be practical.
>
> Robert
>
> Robert A. Yaffee, Ph.D.
> Research Professor
> Shirley M. Ehrenkranz
> School of Social Work
> New York University
>
> home address:
> Apt 19-W
> 2100 Linwood Ave.
> Fort Lee, NJ
> 07024-3171
> Phone: 201-242-3824
> Fax: 201-242-3825
> [email protected]
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Maarten buis <[email protected]>
> Date: Saturday, November 18, 2006 8:11 am
> Subject: Re: st: Data Manipulation Question
>
> > --- Socrates Mokkas <[email protected]> wrote:
> > > I have a question related to data manipulation. My data sample is
> > > like that:
> > >
> > > Parent Subsidiary
> > > A B
> > > C
> > > D
> > > F
> > > X J
> > > L
> > > Z T
> > >
> > > What I want is to fill the gaps of the ParName.
> >
> > Socrates:
> > Something similar came up on the list recently: have a look at the
> > thread started with:
> > http://www.stata.com/statalist/archive/2004-07/msg00297.html
> > HTH,
> > Maarten
> >
> >
> >
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