Several very good ideas. Here is another possibility. I tried
. search drop missing
and find that there is a program by someone using my name
STB-60 dm89 . . . . . Dropping variables or observations with missing values
(help dropmiss if installed) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . N. J. Cox
3/01 pp.7--8; STB Reprints Vol 10, pp.44--46
drops variables or observations with all values (optionally
any values) missing
Of course, -dropmiss- does not know anything about your special meaning
for -1. For that, you need to apply other solutions first, as suggested.
Nick
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bunny , lautloscrew.com
> hmm,
>
> it looks like it would work though :) . sure there are many ways,
> probably some drop if with and/or and all variables would also work...
> i just thought there's a syntax that drops all missings directly. in
> a way this is what neil suggested....
>
> thx everybody!!
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