Thank you very much Uli.
Best wishes,
Nick
--- On Sun, 7/12/09, Ulrich Kohler <[email protected]> wrote:
> From: Ulrich Kohler <[email protected]>
> Subject: Re: st: replace observation values
> To: [email protected]
> Date: Sunday, July 12, 2009, 2:56 PM
> Am Sonntag, den 12.07.2009, 03:58
> -0700 schrieb Nikolaos Pandis:
> > Hi to all.
> >
> > Would you please help me with the following question:
> >
> > In a dataset under one variable I have two names for
> the same type of observation (ie CASE-CONTROL AND
> CASE_CONTROL).
> > How would I change all in CASE_CONTROL without having
> to do each one individually?
>
> If your variable is a string variable type
>
> . replace varname = "CASE_CONTROL" if varname ==
> "CASE-CONTROL"
>
> where varname ist the name of your variable.
>
> If it is a numeric variable with value labels attached to
> it use the
> respective numerical numbers instead of the strings, or
> type
>
> . replace varname = "CASE_CONTROL":varnamelabel ///
> if varname ==
> "CASE-CONTROL":varnamelabel
>
> where varname is the name of your variable and varnamelabel
> is the name
> of the value label attached to it.
>
>
> Many regards
> Uli
>
>
>
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