st: RE: RE: RE: Writing the value of a variable in another variable in a selective way

[Nick Cox <n.j.cox@durham.ac.uk>]

Tim is correct; thanks! 

Nick 
n.j.cox@durham.ac.uk 

Mak, Timothy

I think Nick meant: 

gen partnerprofit = profit[5] in 3

But following this logic, and if your dataset is not large, you could do it in a loop, I think: 

gen partnerprofit = .
forval i=1/`=c(N)' {

	local partnerid = partnerid[`i']
	replace partnerprofit = profit[`partnerid'] in `i'

}

where I assume you have a partnerid variable which gives you the observation number of the partner. 

If your id's do not go in 1,2,3,...,n, however, you may need to do a bit more programming... and probably -merge- is the easiest. 

Nick Cox

If the problem is just this, the solution would be  

gen partnerprofit = profit[5] in 13 

In general, think about a -merge-. 

On Behalf Of oezguer.guererk@uni-erfurt.de

How can I write the value of the variable called profit for e.g., 
subject i as the value into another variable called "partnerprofit" of 
another subject j?

For example: I am subject 3, my partner is subject 5; his profit is 13, 
now I would like to stata write in my "partnerprofit" the value 13.


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