generate a column to reflect growth

[jing zhang-2]

I have data (loan values) for 2 periods: q42007 and q42008. I want to generate a 3rd column as loan growth, based on the two existing columns.

 

Your help will be highly appreciated.

 

J. Z.

[Richard Ristow]

At 11:20 AM 4/15/2009, jing zhang wrote:

>I have data (loan values) for 2 periods: q42007 and q42008. I want
>to generate a 3rd column as loan growth, based on the two existing columns.

Do you just mean

COMPUTE Growth = q42008 - q42007.

??

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