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Good solution, and in one line. Careful with 1 and 2, though. Does Ali
really want them to become zero?
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clear*
set obs 30
gen weeks=_n
gen newweek=cond(abs(round(week,12)-week)<=2,round(week,12),week)
list
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HTH
Martin
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Gesendet: Freitag, 6. Februar 2009 16:56
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Betreff: Re: st: round () if
Assuming your week is integers
gen newweek=cond(abs(round(week,12)-week)<=2,round(week,12),week)
should do.
hth,
Jeph
Shehzad Ali wrote:
> Hi listers,
>
> I want to round a variable 'week' if it is within 2 weeks range of
> multiples of 12 week. So 10 weeks should become 12 weeks while 9 weeks
> should not change. Similarly 21 weeks would not change while 25 weeks
> will change to 24 weeks. Is there a way to do it in Stata using -round-
> or other command?
>
> Thank you,
> Shehzad
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