RE: st: another coding que to group vars

[Rituparna Basu <basur@pamfri.org>]

Thanks Eric! It looks like the 'group' command is similar to 'concat'.
I used 'group' but it generated more than 1000 groups.
My aim is to create the 'TYPE' variable such that  X  & Y are grouped into six broad categories,.  (type 1 is group X thru out(no matter the missing values), type 2 is group Y thru out (no matter the missing values), type 3 is started as group X and then changed to Y at any time point (no matter the missing values), type 4 is started as Y and then changed to X at any time point (no matter the missing values), type 5 & 6 have either X or Y thru out (no matter the missing values) except the last TWO years)).



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Take a look at -egen- function group()

e.g.,  egen TYPE = group(Y1-Y6)  

- Eric

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On Apr 11, 2012, at 2:12 PM, Rituparna Basu wrote:

> Dear Statalist Scholars,
> 
> I have yet another coding question to ask. Please see the mock data below:
> 
> ID  Y1 Y2 Y3 Y4 Y5 Y6    TYPE     
> 1    x   x    x   x    x  x      type1
> 2   y    y  y    y    y  y       type2
> 3   x    x  x    x    .  x        type1
> 4  x    y   y   x    x  x        type3
> 5  y    y   y   x   x  x         type4
> 6  x    .   y    .    .  x          type3
> 7  x   y   x   x    .   .           type3
> 8  x  x   x   x    .    .           type5
> 9 y  y   y   y     .    .           type6
> 
> 
> Here ID= Patient ID
> Y1-Y6= years
> X & Y are two types of group
> TYPE= This is the variable I would like to CREATE by grouping x & y into six categories.  (type 1 is group X thru out, type 2 is group Y thru out, type 3 is started as group X and then changed to Y at any time point, type 4 is started as Y and then changed to X at any time point, type 5 & 6 have either X or Y thru out except the last TWO years)). The types includes missing.
> 
> Any help is very much appreciated! Please let me know if more clarification is needed.
> 
> Thank you in advance!
> 
> Regards,
> 
> RB
> 
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