_GDISTINCT: Stata module providing egen function to count distinct values

Noah Case ()
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Statistical Software Components from Boston College Department of Economics

Abstract: _gdistinct is a function that works with egen to generate a variable whose value is the count of distinct observations of another variable (or list of variables). It takes a by option, so that you can find the number of distinct observations of one set of variables within a by-group.

Language: Stata
Requires: Stata version 7
Keywords: unique values; distinct values; egen function (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024-08-16
Note: This module should be installed from within Stata by typing "ssc install _gdistinct". The module is made available under terms of the GPL v3 (https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt). Windows users should not attempt to download these files with a web browser.
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http://fmwww.bc.edu/repec/bocode/_/_gdistinct.ado program code (text/plain)
http://fmwww.bc.edu/repec/bocode/_/_gdistinct.sthlp help file (text/plain)

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