st: recode & set old label value

[Andrea Bennett <mac.stata@gmail.com>]

Dear all,

In my case I have to merge two data sets while both of them contain a  
ID variable which is numerical but has label values applied. Now,  
there is an error in the coding for one data set resulting in a shift  
of 10 in the ID variable, e.g. ID in data set 1 is 781 while ID in  
data set 2 is 791. Now, it's easy to change the coding but is there a  
way to automatically re-apply the correct label values after having  
changed the ID coding?

Many thanks for your considerations,

Andrea
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