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st: Arrays and loops for Stata


From   Hitesh Chandwani <[email protected]>
To   [email protected]
Subject   st: Arrays and loops for Stata
Date   Fri, 13 Apr 2012 09:48:29 -0500

Hello all,

I'm using a dataset that I changed from long to wide using -reshape-.
What I need to do is for Stata to run a loop that picks out the first
date that a patient got a prescription from the variables
disp_date0-disp_date14. I also need to run a loop that picks out the
last date that the patient got a prescription. I figured out the long
and crude way of doing this (given below) but would really appreciate
it if someone could help me with the loop command.
"disp_date0-disp_date14" are in chronological order.

***generate first date of dispensing drug***
gen firstd=disp_date0
replace firstd=disp_date1 if firstd==.

***generate last date of dispensing drug***
gen lastd=disp_date14
replace lastd=disp_date13 if lastd==.
replace lastd=disp_date12 if lastd==.
replace lastd=disp_date11 if lastd==.
replace lastd=disp_date10 if lastd==.
replace lastd=disp_date9 if lastd==.
replace lastd=disp_date8 if lastd==.
replace lastd=disp_date7 if lastd==.
replace lastd=disp_date6 if lastd==.
replace lastd=disp_date5 if lastd==.
replace lastd=disp_date4 if lastd==.
replace lastd=disp_date3 if lastd==.
replace lastd=disp_date2 if lastd==.
replace lastd=disp_date1 if lastd==.
replace lastd=disp_date0 if lastd==.

Thanks and regards,
-- 
Hitesh S. Chandwani
University of Texas at Austin
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