st: New values for a value labelled variable

[Serguei Kaniovski <kaniovsk@wifo.ac.at>]

Hi all,

I have a variable with (many) value labels, say

12-joe
23-mike
12-joe
45-helen
24-tom
...

I would like to create a new variable with consecutive values assigned 
to the old labels, e.g.

1-joe
2-mike
1-joe
3-helen
4-tom
...

It is important that the sequence of names is preserved.

Thanks a lot,
Serguei Kaniovski
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