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Re: st: Adding character to numeric value
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Nick Cox <[email protected]>
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Re: st: Adding character to numeric value
Date
Mon, 4 Mar 2013 13:22:08 +0000
If Var1 is a string variable with numeric characters, this is
gen Var2 = "A" + Var1
If it's a numeric variable, you may be seeking this
gen Var2 = "A" + string(Var1, "%03.0f")
Nick
On Mon, Mar 4, 2013 at 1:06 PM, Seok-Woo Kwon <[email protected]> wrote:
> I have a variable with numeric values and want to add a character to them.
>
> For example, let's say my variable looks like this:
>
> Var1
> -----------
> 010
> 020
> 040
> ------------
>
> I want to create Var2 that looks like this:
>
> Var1 Var2
> -------------------
> 010 A010
> 020 A020
> 040 A040
> -------------------
>
> Do you have any suggestions how to write do file commands?
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