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Re: st: creating new id variable


From   Nick Cox <[email protected]>
To   [email protected]
Subject   Re: st: creating new id variable
Date   Tue, 28 Aug 2012 10:35:57 +0100

Second example should have been

 gen newid = cond(id1 < 10, "0" + string(id1), string(id1)) + cond(id2
> < 10, "0" + string(id2), string(id2))

On Tue, Aug 28, 2012 at 8:58 AM, Nick Cox <[email protected]> wrote:
> If the two variables are string, this could be
>
> gen newid = cond(length(id1) == 1, "0" + id1, id1) + cond(length(id2)
> == 1, "0" + id2, id2)
>
> If the two variables are numeric, this could be
>
> gen newid = cond(id1 < 10, "0" + string(id1), string(id1)) + cond(id2
> < 10, "0" + id2, id2)
>
> although
>
> gen newid = 100 * id1 + id2
>
> might well prove adequate.
>
> Either way,
>
> egen newid = group(id1 id2), label
>
> is a good solution, as William signals. Note, however, that the use
> within -egen- of the -concat()- function (not subcommand) does not
> depend on the arguments being strings, as is documented.
>
> See also
>
> SJ-7-4  dm0034  . . . Stata tip 52: Generating composite categorical variables
>         . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  N. J. Cox
>         Q4/07   SJ 7(4):582--583                                 (no commands)
>         tip on how to generate categorical variables using
>         tostring and egen, group()
>
> which is accessible to all at
>
> http://www.stata-journal.com/article.html?article=dm0034
>
> Nick
>
> On Tue, Aug 28, 2012 at 3:43 AM, William Buchanan
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> I would also recommend looking at the -egen- command.  If the id variables are stored as strings you can use the -concat- subcommand to join them together, and if they are stored as numbers you can use the -group- subcommand to create a new variable based on the values of the two variables.  Either way, you should definitely read more of the documentation and the resources available online.
>
>> On Aug 27, 2012, at 19:08, A Muhyidin <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>> Dear Statalisters,
>>>
>>> I am trying to make a new id based on the two previous id, but so far
>>> without any luck.
>>> The new id that I'd like to make should be 4 digits, 2 digits from id1
>>> and and 2 digits from id2.
>>> If id2 consists of 1 digit number, I would like to add zero before the
>>> last number to make new_id as 4 digits.
>>> Any help would be appreciated.
>>>
>>>
>>> |        id1   id2|     new_id
>>>     |------------|
>>>  1. |   11     1 |   1101
>>>  2. |   11     5 |   1105
>>>  3. |   11     8 |   1108
>>>  4. |   11     9 |   1109
>>>  5. |   11    10 |   1110
>>>     |------------|
>>>  6. |   11    14 |   1114
>>>  7. |   11    15 |   1115
>>>  8. |   11    16 |   1116
>>>  9. |   11    17 |   1117
>>> 10. |   11    18 |   1118
>>>     +------------+
>>>

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