st: Re: Create a new variable based on some other variables

["Martin Weiss" <martin.weiss1@gmx.de>]

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Look at Nick`s http://www.stata-journal.com/sjpdf.html?articlenum=pr0016



HTH
Martin
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From: "Charles Man@CCR" <ccrman@cityu.edu.hk>
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Sent: Wednesday, May 20, 2009 8:56 PM
Subject: st: Create a new variable based on some other variables


> Dear Statalisters,
>
> If I want to create a new variable based on the values of a few other 
> variables, how can I do that?
>
> For instance,
>
> Create B
> If A1=1, then B=1
> If A2=3, then B=2
> If A3=8, then B=3
>
> Can -gen- or -egen- or -recode- do this job?
>
> Thanks,
> Charles
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