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From | Phil Clayton <philclayton@internode.on.net> |
To | statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu |
Subject | Re: st: Assigning value of a function to a local macro |
Date | Thu, 10 May 2012 20:02:23 +1000 |
min() doesn't do what you think it does. It's more for this kind of thing: gen newvar=min(var1, var2, var3) or gen newvar=min(var1, var1[_n-1]) or summarize price display min(r(mean), r(p50)) To get the lowest value of the variable year in the dataset, I would suggest: summarize year, meanonly local byear=r(min) Phil On 10/05/2012, at 7:40 PM, Navid Asgari wrote: > Hi Statalist, > > I am trying to assign the value of a function to a local macro, but I get "Invalid Syntax"? > > > I type: > > local byear=min(year) > > year is the variable whose minimum has to be saved in the local macro "byear" > > Any idea? > > Thanks, > Navid > > > > > * > * 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/ * * 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/