New var
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On Fri, Jun 2, 2017 at 8:49 PM, Val <valkremk at gmail.com> wrote:
Hi all,
I have a data set with time interval and depending on the interval I want
to create 5 more variables . Sample data below
obs, Start, End
1,2/1/2015, 1/1/2017
2,4/11/2010, 1/1/2011
3,1/4/2006, 5/3/2007
4,10/1/2007, 1/1/2008
5,6/1/2011, 1/1/2012
6,10/15/2004,12/1/2004
First, I want get interval between the start date and end dates
(End-start).
obs, Start , end, datediff
1,2/1/2015, 1/1/2017, 700
2,4/11/2010, 1/1/2011, 265
3,1/4/2006, 5/3/2007, 484
4,10/1/2007, 1/1/2008, 92
5,6/1/2011, 1/1/2012, 214
6,10/15/2004,12/1/2004,47
Second. I want create 5 more variables t1, t2, t3, t4 and t5
The value of each variable is defined as follows
if datediff < 100 then t1=1, t2=t3=t4=t5=-1.
if datediff >= 100 and < 200 then t1=0, t2=1,t3=t4=t5=-1,
if datediff >= 200 and < 300 then t1=0, t2=0,t3=1,t4=t5=-1,
if datediff >= 300 and < 400 then t1=0, t2=0,t3=0,t4=1,t5=-1,
if datediff >= 400 and < 500 then t1=0, t2=0,t3=0,t4=0,t5=1,
if datediff >= 500 then t1=0, t2=0,t3=0,t4=0,t5=0
The complete out put looks like as follow.
obs, start, end, datediff, t1, t2, t3, t4, t5
1, 2/1/2015, 1/1/2017, 700, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0
2, 4/11/2010, 1/1/2011, 265, 0, 0, 1, -1, -1
3, 1/4/2006, 5/3/2007, 484, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1
4, 10/1/2007, 1/1/2008, 92, 1, -1, -1,-1, -1
5 , 6/1/2011, 1/1/2012, 214, 0, 0, 1,-1, -1
6, 10/15/2004, 12/1/2004, 47, 1, -1, -1, -1, -1
Thank you.
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