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Re: st: RE: R: the egen command
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Nick Cox <[email protected]>
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Re: st: RE: R: the egen command
Date
Fri, 22 Nov 2013 17:09:10 +0000
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Note that a wildcard will probably suffice here, e.g.
egen ENG2006_11 = rowsum(EN_WAL_births_2006-EN_WAL_births_2011)
Details may vary depend on the order of your variables and what else there is.
Nick
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On 22 November 2013 16:46, PAPANIKOLAOU P.
> Thank you very much for your creative feedback. It is most kind of you.
Carlo Lazzaro
> 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.
[mailto:[email protected]] Per conto di PAPANIKOLAOU P.
> 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.
>
> . 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);
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