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st: Re: How Can I Create the Variable x?


From   "Michael Blasnik" <[email protected]>
To   <[email protected]>
Subject   st: Re: How Can I Create the Variable x?
Date   Sun, 28 Jan 2007 23:18:31 -0500

I think this does what you want:

bysort id (bsid): gen x=sum(bsid!=bsid[_n-1])

Michael Blasnik

----- Original Message ----- From: "Raphael Fraser" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Sunday, January 28, 2007 9:12 PM
Subject: st: How Can I Create the Variable x?



I need help in creating the var x.

id bsid  x
1  22    1
1  22    1
1  52    2
1  87    3
2  43    1
2  43    1
2  11    2
3  28    1
4  33    1

I have tried,
bysort id bsid: gen x = _n
bysort id (bsid): gen x = _n
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