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| From | Daniel Marcelino <dmsilv@gmail.com> |
| To | statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu |
| Subject | Re: st: basic question |
| Date | Mon, 22 Aug 2011 20:59:23 -0400 |
try gen sal= (v9535 + v9102 + v1022) Daniel On Mon, Aug 22, 2011 at 8:54 PM, Nadine Brooks <nb.statalist@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi statalist > > I am a beginner Stata user and I am having trouble to generate a new > variable. I am using: > gen sal=sum (v9535,v9102,v1022) > and I am getting: v9535,v9102,v1022 invalid name > r(198); > > But the names of all the variables are correct, so what I am doing wrong? > > Thanks > * > * For searches and help try: > * http://www.stata.com/help.cgi?search > * http://www.stata.com/support/statalist/faq > * http://www.ats.ucla.edu/stat/stata/ > -- About me: http://danielmarcelino.zip.net/ * * For searches and help try: * http://www.stata.com/help.cgi?search * http://www.stata.com/support/statalist/faq * http://www.ats.ucla.edu/stat/stata/