Cmpute: A Tool to Generate or Replace a Variable

Abstract

I provide a new programming tool, cmpute, to manage conveniently the creation of a new variable or the replacement of an existing variable interactively or within a Stata program.

Keywords

dm0072 cmpute data management create variable replace variable ado-file programming

References

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J. R.

1999. dm50.1: Update to defv. Stata Technical Bulletin 51: 2. Reprinted in Stata Technical Bulletin Reprints, vol. 9, pp. 14–15. College Station, TX: Stata Press.