Dear all:
The individual IDs in my dataset are in the string format. I currently use -destring- to make them numeric. But, unfortunately, some individual IDs have non-numeric characters. As a result, -destring- with the -force- option deletes all these individuals automatically.
Given that I want to sort all the observations, is it possible to keep these individuals with non-numeric IDs?
Any suggestion will be greatly appreciated,
Ben
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