Quang wrote:
I have the following simple data:
permit
101
101
102
102
103
103
104
104
105
105
105
....
There are about 300 observations. I would like to replace 101 by
65687, 102 by 65686, and so on. ....
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If I understand your rule correctly, it is simple:
generate permit2 = 65788-permit
Strong recommendation: Create a NEW variable, leaving the original
variable unchanged.
Svend
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