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| From | Nick Cox <njcoxstata@gmail.com> |
| To | "statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu" <statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu> |
| Subject | Re: st: Re: Fill Missing values at the End |
| Date | Thu, 9 Jan 2014 13:00:34 +0000 |
<> In fact http://www.stata.com/statalist/archive/2014-01/msg00231.html is not even internally consistent. Nick njcoxstata@gmail.com On 9 January 2014 12:53, Nick Cox <njcoxstata@gmail.com> wrote: > This question gets more difficult to understand, not less. Let's focus > on Abida. You say you want to get > > 1990 Abida 57.0 > 1991 Abida 44.3 > 1992 Abida 41.3 > 1993 Abida 92.3 > 1994 Abida 42.2 > 1995 Abida 82.7 > 1996 Abida 42.1 > 1997 Abida 42.5 > 1998 Abida 43.0 > 1999 Abida 43.4 > 2000 Abida 43.9 > > whereas in http://www.stata.com/statalist/archive/2014-01/msg00231.html > the data were stated to be > > 1990 Abida 57.0 > 1991 Abida 44.3 > 1992 Abida 41.3 > 1993 Abida 92.3 > 1994 Abida 42.2 > 1995 Abida 56.0 > > and you said you wanted > > 1996 Abida 96.6 > 1997 Abida 113.0 > 1998 Abida 132.0 > 1999 Abida 154.4 > 2000 Abida 180.4 > > What's up with 1995? > > What rule gets you from 82.7 to 42.1 (this post)? > > What rule gets you from 56.0 to 96.6 (this post)? > > There couldn't be good answers if the questions make no sense. > > Nick > njcoxstata@gmail.com > > > On 9 January 2014 04:01, Sadia Khalid <sadiakhalid234@gmail.com> wrote: >> Sir >> I am new to Stata and do not know how to write codes. >> >> Sir I have posted in the previous messages what i have and what i want to get. >> year name y >> 1990 Aqueela 50.1 >> 1991 Aqueela 39.9 >> 1992 Aqueela 93.4 >> 1993 Aqueela 53.4 >> 1994 Aqueela 5.9 >> 1995 Aqueela 41.6 >> 1996 Aqueela >> 1997 Aqueela >> 1998 Aqueela >> 1999 Aqueela >> 2000 Aqueela >> 1990 Abida 57.0 >> 1991 Abida 44.3 >> 1992 Abida 41.3 >> 1993 Abida 92.3 >> 1994 Abida 42.2 >> 1995 Abida 56.0 >> 1996 Abida >> 1997 Abida >> 1998 Abida >> 1999 Abida >> 2000 Abida >> 1990 Zubaida 68.5 >> 1991 Zubaida 51.0 >> 1992 Zubaida 41.7 >> 1993 Zubaida 91.5 >> 1994 Zubaida 40.7 >> 1995 Zubaida >> 1996 Zubaida >> 1997 Zubaida >> 1998 Zubaida >> 1999 Zubaida >> 2000 Zubaida >> >> >> What I want to get. >> year name y >> 1990 Aqueela 50.1 >> 1991 Aqueela 39.9 >> 1992 Aqueela 93.4 >> 1993 Aqueela 53.4 >> 1994 Aqueela 5.9 >> 1995 Aqueela 41.6 >> 1996 Aqueela 42.1 >> 1997 Aqueela 42.5 >> 1998 Aqueela 43.0 >> 1999 Aqueela 43.4 >> 2000 Aqueela 43.9 >> 1990 Abida 57.0 >> 1991 Abida 44.3 >> 1992 Abida 41.3 >> 1993 Abida 92.3 >> 1994 Abida 42.2 >> 1995 Abida 82.7 >> 1996 Abida 42.1 >> 1997 Abida 42.5 >> 1998 Abida 43.0 >> 1999 Abida 43.4 >> 2000 Abida 43.9 >> 1990 Zubaida 68.5 >> 1991 Zubaida 51.0 >> 1992 Zubaida 41.7 >> 1993 Zubaida 91.5 >> 1994 Zubaida 40.7 >> 1995 Zubaida >> 1996 Zubaida >> 1997 Zubaida >> 1998 Zubaida >> 1999 Zubaida >> 2000 Zubaida >> >> >> actually the code is not giving the above mentioed results. >> >> Please help me out. >> >> >> >> >> Regards >> Sadia Khalid >> * >> * 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/