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st: how to distinguish observations with the same code


From   Johannes Geyer <[email protected]>
To   [email protected]
Subject   st: how to distinguish observations with the same code
Date   Mon, 7 May 2007 15:50:04 +0200

as far as I understood the problem, you did not create string variables. 
if it is just a cross-sectional data set,  you could generate a simple 
index as identifier:
gen x = _n

jo
>sacrificial lamb
>
>Natalie wrote
>
>I have actually created a new variable country to distinguish the
>firms before appending, I am wondering if it is possible to create a
>new variable combining the information of "code" and "country", so
>that the observations can be distinguished by one variable? Thanks
>alot.
>
>This is a FAQ.
>
>gen idcode = country + string(code)
>
>If you want a fixed length code (assuming countrycode is of fixed 
>length, e.g. ISO) then use string(code,"%9.0f") or something like that.


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German Institute for Economic Research 
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