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Unable to collapse the data in loop and create variables [closed]
I am trying to create a loop in Stata so that I can add multiple variables for creating mean_var and median_var. However, this data isn't creating any variables; the collapsed_file is the same as my ...
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How can I solve this Stata 16 table problem?
I created this code that works correctly in Stata 17, but when I try to replicate and run it in Stata 16, it produces errors. The main issue is that it only generates the table considering the first ...
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In Stata: how to evaluate a string stored in a macro as a variable name?
In a Stata program, I'm trying to get a variable name, modify it using regexr(oldvarname, "some_regex", "replacement"), store it in a new local local newvarname, and use that ...
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Stata foreach loop says tabulate is not a valid command name?
Using Stata v18. I just want to tab all variables in the local varlist (in my original data, it's to display "missed" ER variables, but otherwise no difference). Any ideas on why Stata keeps ...
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How to do calculation using local macros
In Stata I am looping over i and inside the loop, I want to get i-1. This is what I tried:
forvalues i = 2/10{
local j `i' - 1
drop if view`j' = 0
}
However, the j is actually 2-1 instead of ...
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Special letters in Vietnamese become "???" on VHLSS Data
I have a dataset named 'vhlss' that uses a certain font. Somehow, when I import it into Stata, the text appears like this. Even though I've adjusted the font settings in Stata, and it's Stata 18.
I ...
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Retrieving the Weight Variable Name Following svyset
I'm working on a program in Stata that requires the weighted percentile (I'm inclined to have the user set up first svyset instead of allowing them pass the weight variable in my command), and I need ...
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Foreach loop with a global macro that constitutes other global macros
I want to shorten the following code. How do I go about it? In essence, I would like to create another global called total_wardlist that would have the global macros mentioned below: i.e. wardlist_01, ...
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Coefficient of variation when using esttab
I am tabulating in Stata the weighted frequency of three variables (EVR_CIGS, P12M_CIGS, CUR_CIGS), and I am using the estout package to have my weighted results in Excel.
I need to print the ...
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Writing loop to retrieve multiple variables from an external Python database
I am using a Python package that allows me to integrate data retrieved in Python to be transferred to Stata. As I am doing this across 190 countries, it takes a long time to retrieve multiple ...
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How to get a graph bar with two categorical variables
I have this graph in Stata 14:
wrong chart
built with this data:
data columns
I used two commands to generate the last two variables to build the graph I want:
// Command 1
gen mayores_65=0 if Edad>...
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Passing a Local to a Python program from Stata
I am trying to write a Stata program that passes a local to a Python function. It is based on this example, where this approach works.
Here is a toy example demonstrating the problem:
python clear
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Loop over a different set of control variables in stata
I am trying to loop over a different set of control variables. I run the below code but get an error { required. Any help would be appreciated.
local tmax "tmax_3 tmax_2 tmax_1 tmax0 tmax1 tmax2 ...
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meglm in foreach loop keeps giving "factor-variable operators not allowed" error however meglm works perfectly outside foreach loop
I have a meglm statement with multiple binomial outcomes and I am trying to put it in a foreach loop but whenever I run this code, it gives me the error message "factor-variable operators not ...
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Conditional Division in Stata
I have a dataset that looks like the following:
year Gender VP
2023 Total 3
2023 F 2
2023 M ...