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st: RE: RE: gen new variable


From   "Nick Cox" <[email protected]>
To   <[email protected]>
Subject   st: RE: RE: gen new variable
Date   Mon, 21 Oct 2002 12:47:43 +0100

Kompal Sinha 

> > I want to generate a new variable based on a variable x. 
> That is the new
> > variable should have value 1 if x=2, value 6 if x=3 and 
> so on. How do I
> > proceed.

I don't know what you mean by "and so on". I can't 
see a pattern in these rules, but you can use 
as many steps as it takes: 

gen new = 1 if x == 2 
replace new = 6 if x == 3
replace new = ... if x == ... 

An alternative with just integers is to copy x 
to a new variable and use -recode-. 

Nick 
[email protected] 
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