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This function accepts `by()` with `xtile` and `pctile`. However, you
can simply use it as a replacement for native Stata commands.

__*Equivaent to pctile*__ (store the quantiles of `exp` in `newvar`):
__*Equivalent to pctile*__ (store the quantiles of `exp` in `newvar`):
```stata
gquantiles newvar = exp [if] [in] [weight], pctile [nquantiles(#) genp(newvarname) altdef]
```

<br>
__*Equivaent to xtile*__ (store the categories of `exp` in `newvar`):
__*Equivalent to xtile*__ (store the categories of `exp` in `newvar`):
```stata
gquantiles newvar = exp [if] [in] [weight], xtile [nquantiles(#) cutpoints(numlist) altdef]
fasterxtile newvar = exp [if] [in] [weight], [nquantiles(#) cutpoints(numlist) altdef]
```

<br>
__*Equivaent to \_pctile*__ (return the percentiles of `exp`):
__*Equivalent to \_pctile*__ (return the percentiles of `exp`):
```stata
gquantiles exp [if] [in] [weight], _pctile [nquantiles(#) percentiles(numlist) altdef]
```
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well-defined question. Even if there will be at least 996 categories
contain no values, there is no reason to limit the number of categories
to 4 (of course, since the 1000 categories are created from those 4
values, in practice this might not be adviseable).
values, in practice this might not be advisable).

So why does the limit exist in `xtile`? It is actually a limit in `pctile`,
which is used internally. Since `pctile` stores the percentiles in a variable
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