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Re: st: generating number list depending on another variable


From   Patricia Biedermann <[email protected]>
To   [email protected]
Subject   Re: st: generating number list depending on another variable
Date   Wed, 19 Mar 2014 16:17:20 +0100

It was a string and is now numeric (I also needed it numeric for other
analysis).
Anyway, I will see if I find a solution. I just need to create a new
variable with new ID numbers, not necessarily from 1-100, but e.g.
2345-2434;

Variable1    Variable2
AL                2345
AL                2345
BS                2355
BS                2355
BS                2355
SF                2356
etc.
Sorry for my blurry communication.

On Wed, Mar 19, 2014 at 4:03 PM, Richard Goldstein
<[email protected]> wrote:
> you should not be using -egen- at all as far as I can see
>
> you have now contradicted yourself (is variable 1 numeric or string?) so
> maybe someone else can help you
>
> Rich
>
> On 3/19/14, 10:58 AM, Patricia Biedermann wrote:
>> Hello,
>> -decode seems not to work with string variables. So I used encode.
>> - When I  generate variable2  with egen variable2=fill(1(1)100) I get
>> this result:
>>
>> Variable 1                                Variable 2
>> AL                                             1
>> AL                                             2
>> AL                                             3
>> BS                                             4
>> BS                                             5
>> BS                                             6
>> BS                                             7
>> BS                                             8
>> SF                                             9
>> SF                                             10
>> ZG                                            11
>> etc                                            etc.
>>
>> On Wed, Mar 19, 2014 at 3:52 PM, Richard Goldstein
>> <[email protected]> wrote:
>>> then -decode- it is one option
>>>
>>> however, if it is already numeric doesn't it already meet what you want?
>>> if not, what is wrong with it?
>>>
>>> Rich
>>>
>>> On 3/19/14, 10:49 AM, Patricia Biedermann wrote:
>>>> Hi Richard,
>>>> Thanks for your reply. Variable 1 is already encoded....it's a long
>>>> variable now.
>>>> Pati
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Wed, Mar 19, 2014 at 3:43 PM, Richard Goldstein
>>>> <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>> it looks like variable 1 is a string variable so you want the -encode-
>>>>> command; when you read the help file, pay attention to the "label" option
>>>>>
>>>>> Rich
>>>>>
>>>>> On 3/19/14, 10:34 AM, Patricia Biedermann wrote:
>>>>>> Dear all,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Following problem:
>>>>>> I have variable1 with different values (AL, BS, SF, ZK...etc.) and
>>>>>> want to create another variable with a list of numbers reaching from
>>>>>> e.g. 1-100;
>>>>>> For each value in variable1 there should be the same number in
>>>>>> variable2; it should look like that in the end:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Variable 1                                Variable 2
>>>>>> AL                                             1
>>>>>> AL                                             1
>>>>>> AL                                             1
>>>>>> BS                                             2
>>>>>> BS                                             2
>>>>>> BS                                             2
>>>>>> BS                                             2
>>>>>> BS                                             2
>>>>>> SF                                             3
>>>>>> SF                                             3
>>>>>> ZG                                             4
>>>>>> etc                                            etc.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I tried to use egen variable2=fill(1(1)100) also in combination with
>>>>>> foreach; somehow generates values from 1-100 independently from
>>>>>> Variable 1
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Thank you!
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