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>
> I have two variables which I need to use to generate a new
> variable. to be
> more
> specific, suppose I have variable X (which is a numeric
> string) and variable
> Y
> (which is numeric). the observations are as follows:
>
> X Y
>
> 2 23 3000 2
> 212343000 3
> 2 4 20 12
>
> and I need to generate a new variable, say Z which looks like
>
> Z
> 2 23 3000 2
> 212343000 3
> 2 4 2012
>
>
> can someone suggest whats the best way of handling this problem?
Tao Jiang
> how about
>
> gen str80 z=X+" "+string(Y)
>
I can't see from the layout of the original exactly
what is wanted, but my answer is on the same lines:
egen z = concat(X Y), p(" ")
-egen, concat()- is a convenience command for concatenation
of string variables and (the string equivalent of) numeric variables.
Nick
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