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| From | "PAPANIKOLAOU P." <P.Papanikolaou@swansea.ac.uk> |
| To | <statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu> |
| Subject | st: RE: R: the egen command |
| Date | Fri, 22 Nov 2013 16:46:31 -0000 |
Dear Carlo, Thank you very much for your creative feedback. It is most kind of you. Best wishes Panos -----Original Message----- From: owner-statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu [mailto:owner-statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu] On Behalf Of Carlo Lazzaro Sent: 22 November 2013 16:33 To: statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu Cc: PAPANIKOLAOU P. Subject: st: R: the egen command Dear Panos, if you are interested in the row sum of your variables, your code should be: egen ENG2006_11= rowtotal(EN_WAL_births_2006, EN_WAL_births_2011, EN_WAL_births_2010, EN_WAL_births_2009, EN_WAL_births_2008, EN_WAL_births_2007) For further details on this handy command - help egen - is the right place to start. Best regards, Carlo -----Messaggio originale----- Da: owner-statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu [mailto:owner-statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu] Per conto di PAPANIKOLAOU P. Inviato: venerdì 22 novembre 2013 17:09 A: statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu Oggetto: st: the egen command Dear All, I tried to use the commands: egen, sum on each occasion, but with no success. How best could I get the sum of the variables i.e., X1+X2+...+Xn. I would appreciate your feedback. . egen ENG2006_11= sum(EN_WAL_births_2006, EN_WAL_births_2011, EN_WAL_births_2010, EN_WAL_births_2009, EN_WAL_births_2008, EN_WAL_births_2007) -- r(198); . gen ENG2006_11= sum(EN_WAL_births_2006 EN_WAL_births_2011 EN_WAL_births_2010 EN_WAL_births_2009 EN_WAL_births_2008 EN_WAL_births_2007) -- r(198); Kind regards Panos * * 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/ * * 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/ * * 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/