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Re: st: Recoding all variables in a dataset
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Stephen Cranney <[email protected]>
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Re: st: Recoding all variables in a dataset
Date
Fri, 23 Nov 2012 14:54:09 -0500
This works perfectly.
Thank you!
On Fri, Nov 23, 2012 at 1:28 PM, Nick Cox <[email protected]> wrote:
> See also -ds- or -findname- (SJ/SSC) for ways of separating numeric and
> string variables.
>
> Nick
>
>
> On 23 Nov 2012, at 17:34, Ryan Kessler <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> sysuse auto, clear
>> foreach x of varlist * {
>> if substr("`: type `x''",1,3) != "str" {
>> recode `x' (23 = 88888)
>> }
>> }
>> // This is easier when we don't have any string variables in the dataset
>> drop make
>> recode * (24 = 99999)
>>
>> On Fri, Nov 23, 2012 at 12:19 PM, Stephen Cranney
>> <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi all,
>>>
>>> Pardon the simple question, but I haven't been able to find an answer.
>>> Is there a quick and parsimonious way to refer to all the variables in
>>> a dataset for purposes of recoding?
>>>
>>>
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