Thank you for your answer, Martin.
That leaves me with the problem is finding a suitable format in my
string conversion. I can't seem to find a binary format in Stata, I'm
using Stata 10.
Cheers,
-Steinar
2009/10/4 Martin Weiss <[email protected]>:
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> Have you had a look at -split-?
> If the thing is not a -string- yet, you can turn it into one via -string()-, on the fly...
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> HTH
> Martin
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> Gesendet: Sonntag, 4. Oktober 2009 08:46
> An: [email protected]
> Betreff: st: Return a specific bit from integer variable
>
> Hello again, listers!
>
> I have imported an 8-bit integer variable where each bit represents a
> flag telling me if some property of the observation is true or false.
>
> E.g. the number 8 in binary format is 00001000, while 10 would be
> 00001010. Bit nr. 4 from the left tells me if a car is delivered or
> not, while the second to the right tells me if it's paid or not. So 8
> = car is delivered but not paid, 2 = paid but not delivered, 10 = paid
> and delivered, etc.
>
> I need to split this information into 8 dummyvariables so they can be
> used to segment my data.
>
> Does there exist a fairly smooth way to do this in Stata?
>
> Cheers,
> -Steinar
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