Re: st: Create a new variable based on some other variables

["Eric A. Booth" <ebooth@ppri.tamu.edu>]

gen b =.
replace b=1 if a1==1
replace b=2 if a2==3
replace b=3 if a3==8


On May 20, 2009, at 1:56 PM, Charles Man@CCR wrote:

> Dear Statalisters,
>
> If I want to create a new variable based on the values of a few  
> other variables, how can I do that?
>
> For instance,
>
> Create B
> If A1=1, then B=1
> If A2=3, then B=2
> If A3=8, then B=3
>
> Can -gen- or -egen- or -recode- do this job?
>
> Thanks,
> Charles
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