st: Re: adding numerical value of -encode-ed value to label

["Michael Blasnik" <michael.blasnik@verizon.net>]

no hacking needed -- check out  -numlabel-.

Yhe built in help system doesn't make it easy to find (no mention under help 
label)


Michael Blasnik
michael.blasnik@verizon.net

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Daniel Egan" <dp.egan@gmail.com>
To: <statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu>
Sent: Tuesday, November 23, 2004 4:32 PM
Subject: st: adding numerical value of -encode-ed value to label



> Hello,
> I have a a variable that I am encoding, that takes on a large number of 
> values.
>
> How would one go about hacking -encode- such that in the value labels
> generated the numerical value is automatically added to the label,
> i.e.
>
> sysuse auto
> encode make, gen(make2)
> table make, c(m make2)
>
> where make2's labels should have
> 1-  AMC Concord
> 2-  AMC Pacer
>
> and so on...
>
> Cheers,
>
> Dan

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