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USORT: Stata module to perform locale-based ascending and descending sort that supports conditional statements, observation ranges, and user-defined handling of substrings and missing values

Author

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  • Ilya Bolotov

    (Prague University of Economics and Business)

Programming Language

Stata

Abstract

This program is a byable sort command, which allows a) custom first and last substrings, including system (.) and all remaining missing values, b) gsort-like syntax for the ascending and descending order, as well as c) conditional [if] and range [in] sorting. The program is built around the Stata sort command and adds the data-sorted flag (sorted by) to the dataset if all rows are selected and applies Mata _collate() otherwise. Sorting large datasets might be taxing on machine memory or disk space.

Suggested Citation

  • Ilya Bolotov, 2024. "USORT: Stata module to perform locale-based ascending and descending sort that supports conditional statements, observation ranges, and user-defined handling of substrings and missing values," Statistical Software Components S459385, Boston College Department of Economics, revised 04 Nov 2024.
    • Handle: RePEc:boc:bocode:s459385
    Note: This module should be installed from within Stata by typing "ssc install usort". 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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