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Re: st: multiple observations
Replying on how to tag the last observation for each case,
On 8 Sep 2008, at 13:14, fjc fjc wrote:
You can also try:
gen newid = .
bysort id: replace newid = 1 if _n == _N
The problem is to make sure that the last observation for each id is
really the last observation.
To be doubly sure, you need a variable that identifies the
observation, then make sure that it too is sorted
bysort id (obsnumber) : replace newid=1 if _n == _N
Ronan Conroy
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