Hi Statalist.

I would like to create a variable (total household assets) based on the values of total h/h assets provided by both partners in a household. In theory these values should be equal. However, if they differed, I thought I'd take the larger of the two by using max():
Code:
gen byte totasset = max(hwassei1, hwassei2)
However, this resulted in missing values for totasset. How can I code this using -max()-?
Code:
* Example generated by -dataex-. To install: ssc install dataex
clear
input long(hwassei1 hwassei2)
  284289   284289
   55030    55030
252088   252088
  427500   427500
 2735000  2735000
  474850   474850
  863800   863800
 1233019  1233019
 1265062  1265062
  200506   200506
   827300   827300
 1133209  1133209
 1170430  1170430
  669000   669000
  873830   873830
  374095   374095
  867100   867100
  170083   170083
   88500    88500
   98750    98750
  408893   408893
 end
Stata v15.1. I am using panel data.