st: interval variable to rank variable

[Alexey Bessudnov <bessudnov@googlemail.com>]

Dear all,

I have an interval variable v1 with values 1,1,15,15, 47, 47, etc. and I 
want to recode it into a rank variable v2 so that 1=1, 15=2, 47=3, etc. 
Is there any simple way to do this automatically? I have tried -egen 
rank, track-, but it returns v3.

    +------------+
    | v1  v2  v3 |
    |------------|
 1. | 1   1   1  |
 2. | 1   1   1  |
 3. | 15  2   3  |  
 4. | 15  2   3  |  
 5. | 47  3   5  |  
 6. | 47  3   5  |
    +------------+

Many thanks!

Alexey Bessudnov
DPhil student in sociology
St.Antony's College, Oxford University

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