Another way would be to use -tsreport, list-
-tsset myvar-
-tsreport, list-
Scott
----- Original Message -----
From: Sergio Correia <[email protected]>
Date: Wednesday, December 20, 2006 12:45 pm
Subject: Re: st: consecutive variables
To: [email protected]
> You could use a mix of -generate- and _n in order to achieve what
> you want.
>
> However, I would think it could be better (considering that you are
> studying cohorts) to use the -tsfill- command, which fills missing
> observations in a panel.
>
> See help tsfill, and remember that you must first -tsset- your data.
>
> After using tsfill, count the number of missing values. If there
> are 0
> missing values, then there are no gaps.
>
>
> On 12/20/06, Manasi Vydyanath <[email protected]> wrote:
> > Hello - I was wondering whether there was any command for checking
> > for gaps in a given variable. In other words - supposing I have
> > "myvar" which is supposed to run from 1 to 256 consecutively. But
> > there may be gaps in this variable, and it might be missing,
> say, 69
> > and 78. Is there a command I can use to detect this sort of thing?
>
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