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RE: st: Segmenting a dataset


From   "Nick Cox" <[email protected]>
To   <[email protected]>
Subject   RE: st: Segmenting a dataset
Date   Thu, 17 May 2007 22:27:30 +0100

Look up at the stars! This is easier with -ceil()-: 

gen int group = ceil(_n / 30) 

Nick 
[email protected] 

David Kantor
 
> In my response to "Segmenting a dataset", I wrote,
> 
> gen int group = floor(_n / 30)
> 
> That is just a bit off.  It really ought to be
> 
> gen int group = floor((_n-1) / 30)

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