Re: st: Seeing if the last observation equals previous observations from a

["Clyde Schechter" <clyde.schechter@einstein.yu.edu>]

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Sorry about the previous post--I accidently hit Send before I finished

If all you need to know is whether any of the observations equals the
last, and you don't need to specifically identify them, then this will
also work (and it doesn't matter what type of variable X is):

capture assert X != X[_N] if _n < _N
local nothing_equal = (c(rc) == 0)

You can then use the nothing_equal local macro to condition subsequent code:

if `nothing_equal' {
     // WHATEVER HAPPENS IF NO EARLIER VALUES OF X MATCH LAST
}
else {
     // WHATEVER HAPPENS IF THERE IS AT LEAST ONE MATCH
}



Clyde Schechter, MA MD
Associate Professor of Family & Social Medicine
Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, USA

Please note new e-mail address: clyde.schechter@einstein.yu.edu



Clyde Schechter, MA MD
Associate Professor of Family & Social Medicine

Please note new e-mail address: clyde.schechter@einstein.yu.edu

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