I am trying to "bin" some data into categories using the code below. I
would like the bin_number variable to look like this:
condition bin_number
905 900-910
If I run the code below, using condition = 905 as an example, I get
the following:
condition bin_number
905 900-(900+10)
How do I get Stata to first evaluate what's in the parentheses and
then put the result into the bin_number variable?
Code:
generate bin_number = ""
local u 10
forvalues i = 900(`u')1500{
replace bin_number = "`i'" + "-" + "(`i' + `u')" if (condition >
`i' & condition <= `i' + `u')
}
Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
Erika
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