Multiplying Na by zero

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mvictor96
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Multiplying Na by zero

Postby mvictor96 » Mon Jul 23, 2018 7:43 am

Hello

I'm performing an operation where I need NA*0 to equal 0 instead of NA . I've read in eviews 2 this used to be the default. In Eviews 10 do you know of any ways I could make this still work

Thank you

startz
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Re: Multiplying Na by zero

Postby startz » Mon Jul 23, 2018 7:48 am

One way

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series newVar = @recode(oldvar1=na,0,oldvar1)*@recode(oldvar2=na,0,oldvar2)

or something like that, although that would also give NA*7 = 0 which may not be what you want.

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Re: Multiplying Na by zero

Postby mvictor96 » Mon Jul 23, 2018 8:17 am

Thanks for your help but yes at the moment I need solely 0*NA to equal 0


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