Re: st: superposed rolled windows

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

You should only use -encode- if it is a string variable that is true text --  
not a number .  The resulting numeric variable is simply an index based on 
alphabetical order of string variable.

You should use -destring- if it is a number accidentally held as text.  You 
may need to use the -ignore()- option of destring if the number has commas 
or currency symbols.  For example:

destring dollarvar, ignore(,$) replace

You can list multiple variables in the destring command

Michael Blasnik
michael.blasnik@verizon.net


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "irodriguez" <irodriguez@utdt.edu>
To: <statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu>
Sent: Tuesday, June 27, 2006 1:37 PM
Subject: RE: st: superposed rolled windows



> ok thks
> there is some command for change all string variables simultaneously?
> thanks again?
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: "Alex Ogan" <aogan@ArrowstreetCapital.com>
> To: <statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu>
> Date: Tue, 27 Jun 2006 13:27:22 -0400
> Subject: RE: st: superposed rolled windows
>
> > You probably want to try the command -encode-.
> >
> > You might want to read the help file to learn more, but the basic
> > syntax
> > is:
> >
> > encode stringvarname, gen(newvarname)
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: owner-statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu
> > [mailto:owner-statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu] On Behalf Of irodriguez
> > Sent: Tuesday, June 27, 2006 1:24 PM
> > To: statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu
> > Subject: Re: st: superposed rolled windows
> >
> > the meaning is that is string but i dont know how to change variables
> > to
> >
> > string format to a number format
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