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st: Understanding the mechanics of the sum() function
From
Billy Schwartz <[email protected]>
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st: Understanding the mechanics of the sum() function
Date
Sun, 13 Nov 2011 17:14:08 -0500
Is there a difference between
. generate y = `a' + `b' * sum(`exp')
and
. generate y = .
. replace y = `a' + `b' * (`exp' + cond(missing(y[_n-1]), 0, y[_n-1]))
where `a', `b', and `exp' are arbitrary Stata expressions? If they're
not the same, is there a way of modifying the second to make it the
same as the first? (If they're the same in effect, is one faster than
the other?)
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