egen y = group(x)
Scott
----- Original Message -----
From: "george m hoffman" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Sunday, December 08, 2002 10:24 AM
Subject: st: encode(x) when x is numeric
> i have a dataset with an x which is a numeric variable. there are only 27
> unique values of this variable. i want to create variable y which takes on
> values 1-27, according to values of x. encode only works with strings. there
> must be an easy way to do this..... any help appreciated.
> goerge hoffman
>
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