Not a good idea. It's better to understand what you are ignoring. See
my previous.
On 24 Sep 2011, at 11:40, Abu Camara <abucamara@gmail.com> wrote:
Nick,
Thanks the command has now worked with force option added.
destring v13, gen(yr1983) ignore(, n/a ) force
Abu
On 24 September 2011 13:27, Abu Camara <abucamara@gmail.com> wrote:
Nick,
Many thanks.
I applied your suggestion but this is the error I keep getting.
. destring v13, gen(yr1983) ignore(, n/a )
v13 contains characters not specified in ignore(); no generate
Abu.
On 24 September 2011 12:20, Nick Cox <njcoxstata@gmail.com> wrote:
The problem is not in using -ignore()-. You are asking -destring- to
ignore a character you want. So, don't do that.
From your evidence, you need -ignore(, n/a)-
Nick
On Sat, Sep 24, 2011 at 10:08 AM, Abu Camara <abucamara@gmail.com>
wrote:
Nick,
Without the ignore option destring won't work for these string
variables.
It has worked for me in cases where (--) does not exist.
Abu.
v13
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
2,605.11
-1.388
-3.301
n/a
n/a
On 24 September 2011 12:02, Nick Cox <njcoxstata@gmail.com> wrote:
Your problem is self-inflicted. As you are instructing -
destring- to
ignore "-", all negative signs are stripped.
Nick
On Sat, Sep 24, 2011 at 9:30 AM, Abu Camara
<abucamara@gmail.com> wrote:
I am trying the following command to destring variables in the
IMF weo data just released. I imported it to Stata but all
variables
become string.
When I use Stata's destring command, values that are negative
becomes
positive,i.e lose the negative sign.
Any help would be appreciated. A loop to do this task at once
will
also be appreciated.
Command: destring v13, gen(yr1983) ignore(, n/a -- )
