RAJA wrote:
I have a variable which is multiple response and is a string variable
and is in character. Now, I want to know how may respondents was given
different characters. The following is the example of the variable
with 5 observations
Var1
1. ABCDE
2. BFGH
3. ABIJK
4. BDJK
5. BC
Now, I want to know how many are answered A, or B or C or D or E etc.
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To put it another way: You want a separate variable for each response
/A, B, C, ...).
clear
input str5 var1
ABCDE
BFGH
ABIJK
BDJK
BC
end
foreach V of newlist A B C D E F G H I J K {
gen `V' = strpos(var1,"`V'")>0
}
Hope this helps
Svend
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