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Title stata.com egen — Extensions to generate
Extensions to generateDescriptionQuick startMenuSyntaxRemarks and examplesAcknowledgmentsReferencesAlso seeDescriptionegencreates a new variable of the optionally specified storage type equal to the given functionbased on arguments of that function. The functions are specifically written foregen, as documentedbelow or as written by startGeneratenewv1for distinct groups ofv1andv2, and create and apply value labelmylabelegen newv1 = group(v1 v2), label(mylabel)Generatenewv2equal to the minimum ofv1,v2, andv3for each observationegen newv2 = rowmin(v1 v2 v3)Generatenewv3equal to the overall sum ofv1egen newv3 = total(v1)As above, but calculate total within each level ofcatvaregen newv3 = total(v1), by(catvar)Generatenewv4equal to the number of nonmissing numeric values acrossv1,v2, andv3for eachobservationegen newv4 = rownonmiss(v1 v2 v3)As above, but allow string valuesegen newv4 = rownonmiss(v1 v2 v3), strokGeneratenewv5as the concatenation of numericv1and stringv4separated by a spaceegen newv5 = concat(v1 v4), punct(" ")MenuData>Create or change data>Create new variable (extended)12 egen Extensions to generateSyntaxegen[type]newvar=fcn(argum ents)
The last word of “frog toad newt” is “newt” and that of “frog” is “frog”. With punct(,), the last word of “frog,toad” is “toad”. The remainder or tail is whatever follows the first occurrence of pchars, which will be the empty string "" if pchars does not occur. …
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