On Wed, 11 Feb 2004, Simon Moore wrote:
> I have data in a variable coded something along the lines of 1(very
> happy), 2(happy), 3(not so happy) and 4(miserable). All I want to do
> is switch this around so that 1 becomes 4, 2 becomes 3 and so on. I
> realise that I could use recode but was wondering if there is a
> remarkably simple solution that I cannot find.
i guess the most simple way is to let someone else do it for you
if this is not an option you could also do *in your particular case*
replace var = 5 - var
yet, this isn't a big gain compared to
recode var (1=4) (2=3) (3=2) (4=1)
where the recode has the advantage of being more transparent
so my advice: stick to recode
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