Statalist


[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index]

st: RE: RE: RE: RE: reallocating variables within observations


From   "Martin Weiss" <[email protected]>
To   <[email protected]>
Subject   st: RE: RE: RE: RE: reallocating variables within observations
Date   Tue, 18 Nov 2008 14:34:06 +0100

Look under the hood of -ssc d fixsort- (which seems to do exactly what you
want), and you see that it also uses temps: -tempvar-s and -h clonevar- from
official Stata instead of -tempfile-s. It is an extremely convenient command
in the rare cases where users want what you seem to be asking for... 


HTH
Martin


-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected]
[mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Linn Renée Naper
Sent: Tuesday, November 18, 2008 1:59 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: st: RE: RE: RE: reallocating variables within observations

Thanks, I will. 
Right know I'm not sure if I need it, but interesting to look into anyway I
think.
It is probably possible to do this in several steps using merge, new files
etc, 
but that's not how I want to do it if I can do it with a "simple" command.

Tnx again.


-----Opprinnelig melding-----
Fra: [email protected]
[mailto:[email protected]] På vegne av Nick Cox
Sendt: 18. november 2008 12:22
Til: [email protected]
Emne: st: RE: RE: reallocating variables within observations

Linn's statement is an understatement. This kind of allocation is strong
stuff. See -cquantile- and -fixsort- on SSC for what may be  answers to your
question, and always keep copies of the data as they are now. 

Nick 
[email protected] 

Martin Weiss

It is not really clear what you want (in particular: what role does the "y"
play?)

But here is a quick and dirty solution:

************
clear*
input var1 var2
1      2
3 1
4 3
5 1
5 3
4 2
3 4
6 4
6 1
2 1
2 2
end
l, sepby(var1) noo
sort var1
preserve
tempfile new
keep var1
save `new'
restore
drop var1
sort var2
merge using `new'
order var1 var2
l
*************

Linn Renée Naper

I have two variables x1 and x2 identified by the variable y. Then I sort the
data on x1, so that the observation with the lowest value of x1 comes first.

How can I tell stata to allocate the x2 values so that the lowest x2 is
assigned the observation with the lowest x1 etc? This is not the same as
sorting by x1 and x2, as I need to reallocate the variables within
observations.

*
*   For searches and help try:
*   http://www.stata.com/help.cgi?search
*   http://www.stata.com/support/statalist/faq
*   http://www.ats.ucla.edu/stat/stata/

*
*   For searches and help try:
*   http://www.stata.com/help.cgi?search
*   http://www.stata.com/support/statalist/faq
*   http://www.ats.ucla.edu/stat/stata/


*
*   For searches and help try:
*   http://www.stata.com/help.cgi?search
*   http://www.stata.com/support/statalist/faq
*   http://www.ats.ucla.edu/stat/stata/



© Copyright 1996–2024 StataCorp LLC   |   Terms of use   |   Privacy   |   Contact us   |   What's new   |   Site index