Sorry, the first suggestion fails as the string variable is nonnumeric
and stata would say "name contains nonnumeric characters", rather you
can try
encode name, generate(name2)
On Tue, Nov 8, 2011 at 6:45 PM, Muhammad Anees <anees@aneconomist.com> wrote:
> destring name, gen(new) should do as the names appear to be string variables
>
> On Tue, Nov 8, 2011 at 6:41 PM, Dawood Ashraf <dawood_ashraf@yahoo.com> wrote:
>>
>> I am trying to generate a new identifier variable based on names of individuals. The shape of the data is as follows:
>>
>> Name Date
>> Mark 1990
>>
>> Mark 1991
>> Mark 1992
>>
>> Marry 1990
>>
>> Marry 1991
>>
>> Marry 1992
>>
>> Marry 1993
>>
>> Chris 1993
>>
>> Bob 1992
>>
>>
>> Now I want to generate a new variable, Identifier which assign unique number to Mark, Marry, Chris and Bob as 1,2,3,4.
>>
>> I have looked in the help but could not find anything suitable. I have seen once a question similar to this on STATA and applied myself but somehow skipped from my mind. Any help will be greatly appreciated.
>>
>> Regards
>>
>> Dawood
>>
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