Re: st: Replacing the value of a variable

[Antoine Terracol <terracol@univ-paris1.fr>]

bysort subject (period) : gen firstcon=con[1]



oezguer.guererk@uni-erfurt.de wrote:
> Hello,
>
> for each given "subject" and for all 20 "period"s associated with the 
> respective subject- I would like to fill the variable called "firstcon" 
>  with the value of another variable "con" from "period" 1 of the 
> respective subject.
>
> For example: if subject 3's "con" variable in "period" 1 is "17" then 
> this subject's "firstcon" variable should be filled with "17", for all 
> periods from 1 to 20, i.e., for all 20 rows.
>
> How can I do this? Thank you very much for your help!
> Ozgur

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