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Re: st: Fixing the value in egen command


From   Choudry T Shehzad <[email protected]>
To   [email protected]
Subject   Re: st: Fixing the value in egen command
Date   Tue, 23 Dec 2008 15:32:20 +0100

Thanks Martin:

But it changes all values to zero.

My data in very simple form is like

            country........year...GDP...initgdp*
            Argentina... 1980...300.....300
            Argentina... 1981...310....300
            Argentina... 1982...340....300
            Argentina... 1983...380....300

            Brazil......... 1980...400....400
            Brazil...........1981...410....400
            Brazil...........1982...440....400
            Brazil........... 1983..480....400


* The variable I want to make

When I use your command

bys country (year): gen initgdp = gdp[_n==1980]
bys country (year): replace initgdp = sum(initgdp)

all values of initgdp become zeros

May be I could not explain better earlier.

Best regards,

Tanveer 


Maarten buis wrote:
> --- Choudry T Shehzad <[email protected]> wrote:
>   
>> Now I want to make another variable that contains initial value of
>> GDP fixed (for all years) equal to e.g. value of GDP in year 1885
>> corresponding to each country. 
>>     
>
> bys country (year): gen initgdp = gdp[_n==1]
> bys country (year): replace initgdp = sum(initgdp)
>
> Hope this helps,
> Maarten
>
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