Hello,
I have the following data set.
city Year D87 X dx
1 82 0 a -
2 87 1 b (b-a)
3 82 0 c -
4 87 1 d (d-c)
5 82 0 e -
6 87 1 f (f-e)
What procedure should be used to achieve dx ?
Thank You
In a data step:
pX = lag(X);
if D87 then dx = X - pX;
drop pX;
L_x = lag(x);
dx = x-L_x;
if d87 = 0 then dx = .;
Or you could use the DIF function, defined as X-lag(X):
dx=dif(x);
if d87=0 then dx=.;
Or slightly more economical.
dx= ifn(d87=1,dif(x),.) ;
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Using the IFN() and DIF() functions, as suggested by @mkeintz, is the most economical way.
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