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| From | László Sándor <sandorl@gmail.com> |
| To | statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu |
| Subject | st: still for Stata 14: a new cases function complementing cond and recode |
| Date | Thu, 12 Sep 2013 17:29:41 -0400 |
It would be nice to have a "cases" function built in, instead of resorting to nested conds as the only, unpopular alternative to many lines of "replace if"s following an initial -gen-. Way too many processor hours are wasted worldwide on not having a function like -recode()- but only slightly complicated: cases(condition1,value1,condition2,value2,…,value_if_none_true) Btw, this would also make the ridiculously slow -recode- command obsolete. Thanks, Laszlo * * For searches and help try: * http://www.stata.com/help.cgi?search * http://www.stata.com/support/faqs/resources/statalist-faq/ * http://www.ats.ucla.edu/stat/stata/