Re: st: Need help with working across variables

[Nick Cox <njcoxstata@gmail.com>]

Corrected version:

gen x = .

forval j = 1/4 {
      replace x = var`j'  if missing(x) & inlist(var`j', 1, 2)
      replace x = . if !missing(x, var`j') & var`j'  != x
}



On Sun, Feb 10, 2013 at 10:12 AM, Nick Cox <njcoxstata@gmail.com> wrote:
> Here is another way to do it:
>
> gen x = .
>
> forval j = 1/4 {
>      replace x = var`j'  if missing(x) & inlist(var`j', 1, 2)
>      replace x = . if !missing(x) & var`j'  != x
> }
>
> So, we initialise to missing; change our minds at the first instance
> of 1 or 2; but change it back again if we see a different value in the
> same observation.
>
> For a review of working rowwise, see
>
> SJ-9-1  pr0046  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  Speaking Stata: Rowwise
>         (help rowsort, rowranks if installed) . . . . . . . . . . .  N. J. Cox
>         Q1/09   SJ 9(1):137--157
>         shows how to exploit functions, egen functions, and Mata
>         for working rowwise; rowsort and rowranks are introduced
>
> .pdf at http://www.stata-journal.com/sjpdf.html?articlenum=pr0046
>
> Nick
>
> On Sun, Feb 10, 2013 at 5:34 AM, Cory Smith <corybsmith@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Too complicated in my opinion.
>>
>> gen x = 0
>>
>> egen Vmin = rowmin(var1 - var4)
>> egen Vmax = rowmax(var1 - var4)
>>
>> replace x = 1 if Vmin == 1 & Vmax == 1 & Vmin != .
>> replace x = 2 if Vmin == 2 & Vmax == 2 & Vmin != .
>>
>> Actually, some of the terms in the above are unnecessary but I kept
>> them in for clarity.
>>
>> On Sun, Feb 10, 2013 at 12:27 AM, Alison Connor <alison.connor@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> Hi Michael,
>>>
>>> There might be a more efficient way to do it, but if you have egenmore
>>> you can do:
>>>
>>>  egen x=rall(var1 var2 var3 var4), c(@==1)
>>>
>>> This will be 1 if all non-missing variables are 1, and 0 otherwise. If
>>> you only have two values for your variables, then you can run this
>>> command again, and then merge the two into a third variable:
>>>
>>>  egen x1=rall(var1 var2 var3 var4), c(@==1)
>>>  egen x2=rall(var1 var2 var3 var4), c(@==2)
>>>
>>> gen x=0
>>> replace x=1 if x1==1
>>> replace x=2 if x2==1
>>>
>>> If you are going to do this for multiple values, then you can create a loop:
>>>
>>> gen x=0
>>> forvalues i=1/2 {
>>>    egen x`i'=rall(var1 var2 var3 var4), c(@==`i')
>>>   replace x=`i' if x`i'==1
>>>   drop x`i'
>>>  }
>
> On Sun, Feb 10, 2013 at 10:41 AM, Michael Stewart
> <michaelstewartresearch@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>>>> Here is my data format and my question:
>>>> id      var1    var2    var3    var4
>>>> 1       1       1       1       .
>>>> 2       1       1       1       1
>>>> 3       1       2       1       .
>>>> 4       2       2       2       2
>>>> 5       1       1       1       1
>>>> 6       1       2       .       .
>>>> 7       2       1       2       .
>>>>
>>>> I am trying to generate a new variable x =1 if all non missings values
>>>> for the variables(per observation) are equal to 1 and x =2 if all non
>>>> missings values for the variables(per observation) are equal to 2. I
>>>> tried to do foreach loop like
>>>>
>>>> gen x=0
>>>> foreach x in var1 var2 var3 var4{
>>>> replace x=1 if `x'=1
>>>> }
>>>> but it doesnt seem to do the trick
>>>>
>>>> I am specifically interested in to change x =1 if all nonmissign
>>>> values for an observation are equal to one
>>>> For example: I would like to replace x=1 for id=1 but not for id 3
>>>> Similarly, I would like to replace x=2 if all nom missing values for
>>>> an observation are equal to two.
>>
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