gen newvar=var1
replace newvar=var2 if newvar==.
(you can also exchange var1 and var2; it depends on what you want)
HTH,
Philipp
[email protected] wrote:
Thank you to everyone who answered my last question on
creating a variable corresponding to the row number.
Now I have a question about combining the data from two
variables (in the same data set) into one variable. I want to
combine the variables in such a way that the data from one
variable can replace the missing values from the other. I have
created an example of what I am looking for below:
Have: Want:
var1 var2 newvar
. 2 2
. 8 8
. 0 0
7 . 7
3 . 3
. . .
Any thoughts on how to do this?
Thanks
Eleanor Friedman
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