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Re: st: How to make ID as 01 instead of 1
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Hưng Đoàn Quang <[email protected]>
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Re: st: How to make ID as 01 instead of 1
Date
Thu, 25 Feb 2010 23:15:05 +0700
You can try to use the following command
tostring ID, replace
gen strID = "0" + ID
It is hopeful that can help you.
Hung,
Full name: Doan Quang Hung
Lecturer: Stata, SPSS, Fundamental Statistics and CsPro
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On Mon, Dec 14, 2009 at 7:44 PM, Quang Nguyen <[email protected]> wrote:
> Dear all:
>
> Can you show me how I can generate ID in the following manner: 01,
> 02..... instead of 1, 2, 3...?
>
> From the original data, I have ID in the form of 1, 2, ...... I then
> use the following commands:
>
> tostring ID, replace
> replace x = "01" if x=="1"
>
> There was a message "type mismatch".
>
> Any help is appreciated.
>
> Sincerely yours,
>
> Quang
>
>
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