Transform a variable to a set mean and standard deviation- Stata 13

[Pamela Noe]

Hi, I am trying to transform a variable so that it has a set mean and standard deviation. I believe this is the syntax I need to use:

std(exp) [, mean(#) std(#)]

However, the std command no longer works in Stata 13. Does anyone know how to do this in the new version of Stata?

[Richard Williams]

Show exactly what you typed and how Stata responded. Is this what you want?

. webuse nhanes2f,clear

. egen xweight = std(weight), mean(3) std(4)

. sum weight xweight

    Variable |        Obs        Mean    Std. Dev.       Min        Max
-------------+---------------------------------------------------------
      weight |     10,337    71.90088    15.35515      30.84     175.88
     xweight |     10,337           3           4  -7.696318   30.08646

. corr xweight weight
(obs=10,337)

             |  xweight   weight
-------------+------------------
     xweight |   1.0000
      weight |   1.0000   1.0000


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[Richard Williams]

Note too that std isn't a standalone command. It is a function used with egen.

[Pamela Noe]

This is incredibly helpful! Thank you so much!