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RE: st: Missing value= Help with gen command.
From
Nick Cox <[email protected]>
To
"'[email protected]'" <[email protected]>
Subject
RE: st: Missing value= Help with gen command.
Date
Thu, 5 May 2011 15:15:52 +0100
This sounds to me like
gen byte dumab = (cond(missing(a), 0, a) + cond(missing(b), 0, b)) > 0
As Rich Goldstein pointed out, (cond(missing(a), 0, a) + cond(missing(b), 0, b)) is what -egen, rowtotal()- does
Nick
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Oliver Jones
gen sum_of_a_b = A + B
gen byte dumab = (sum_of_a_b > 0) | (sum_of_a_b == .)
Am 05.05.2011 14:38, schrieb vikramfinavker:
> I am trying to generate new variable which is sum of A and B. i used:
>
> gen dumab=0
>
> replace dumab=1 if A+B>0
>
> however my problem is that where A has value and B has missing value (.) it
> gives me answer (.) but instead i want 1.
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