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st: Re: data management
A more elegant solution that avoids having to perform all those
replace or recodes is to create a separate dataset with two
variables: id and newid:
1 3
2 5
3 8
...
You then sort that dataset by id and save as id_concord. Then in your
current data set, -sort id- and -merge id using id_concord-. This
technique can be used to either change ids on a one-to-one basis or
map a number of ids into another scheme, such as a region grouping.
Kit Baum, Boston College Economics
http://ideas.repec.org/e/pba1.html
An Introduction to Modern Econometrics Using Stata:
http://www.stata-press.com/books/imeus.html
On Mar 25, 2007, at 2:33 AM, Suryadipta wrote:
b. Then I am trying to replace these id-s with
replace id=3 if id==1;
replace id=5 if id==2;
replace id=8 if id==3;
But the 3rd line of the command is replacing the first set
of id-s also. I would greatly appreciate if someone can
suggest how to take care of this.
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