Compact if/else assignment

[Allen Sirolly]

I'm wondering if it's possible to write an if/else variable assignment in one line. In R, I can write

var = ifelse( condition, value_if_T, value_if_F)

or, alternatively,

if (condition) var = value_if_T else var = value_if_F

In Stata, it's

if condition {
    local var value_if_T
}
else {
    local var value_if_F
}

Can I write a macro to turn this into a one-liner as above?


Edit: Found that it's possible in two lines:

if (condition) local var value_if_T
else local var value_if_F

[Nick Cox]

help cond()

The syntax strcuture is very similar; it is just a question of a different name.

As you are familiar with this as a programming construct, you won't need a tutorial, but for anyone interested there is http://www.stata-journal.com/sjpdf.h...iclenum=pr0016

[Allen Sirolly]

Great. Thanks.