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AW: AW: st: string variable question


From   "Martin Weiss" <[email protected]>
To   <[email protected]>
Subject   AW: AW: st: string variable question
Date   Mon, 29 Mar 2010 16:28:52 +0200

<> 

" I should be able to do something like

            gen str brand = "Cheerios" "Wheaties" "Frosted" etc"




Only one -gen- statement is necessary/allowed for "brand", such as - gen str
brand = "Cheerios"-. Subsequently you replace via - replace brand =
"Wheaties" in 2-...


HTH
Martin


-----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
Von: [email protected]
[mailto:[email protected]] Im Auftrag von Data Analytics
Corp.
Gesendet: Montag, 29. März 2010 16:24
An: [email protected]
Betreff: Re: AW: st: string variable question

Hi,

Sorry, but I'm not making myself clear.  Let me try again.  Here's the data:

A1   A2
1.35   -2.48
1.50   0.56
0.75   -1.2
...

I want to add a third variable, brand, that has nothing to do with the 
specific numbers for A1 and A2, but rather with the rows.  So, I want

            A1   A2         brand
            1.35   -2.48   Cheerios
            1.50   0.56     Wheaties
            0.75   -1.2      Frosted
            ...

A1 and A2 come from an MDS estimation by converting the e(Y) matrix to 
variables.  I now need to add the brands for further processing.  It 
seems I should be able to do something like

            gen str brand = "Cheerios" "Wheaties" "Frosted" etc

But it doesn't work, unless I just mistyped something.  Hope this helps 
clarify what I need.  I really appreciate the help.

Thanks,

Walt


Martin Weiss wrote:
> <> 
>
> Or, in one fell swoop:
>
> *************
> clear*
> inp A1 A2
> 1 2
> 2 3
> 3 4
> 5 6
> end
>
> gen brand=string(A1)+string(A2)
> list
> *************
>
>
>
> HTH
> Martin
>
>
> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
> Von: [email protected]
> [mailto:[email protected]] Im Auftrag von Eric Booth
> Gesendet: Montag, 29. März 2010 15:38
> An: [email protected]
> Betreff: Re: st: string variable question
>
>   
>
> Use -tostring- to combine the numeric vars, ex:
>
> *****
> clear
> inp A1 A2
> 1 2
> 2 3
> 3 4
> 5 6
> end
>
> tostring A1 A2, replace
> gen brand = A1 + A2
> *****
>
> ~ Eric
> __
> Eric A. Booth
> Public Policy Research Institute
> Texas A&M University
> [email protected]
> Office: +979.845.6754
>
>
>
> On Mar 29, 2010, at 8:32 AM, Data Analytics Corp. wrote:
>
>   
>> Hi,
>>
>> I have two numeric variables in a Stata dataset: A1 and A2.  Each has 26
>>     
> elements.  I want to create a third variable, brand, as part of a do
program
> that has 26 brand names.  I tried
>   
>> gen str brand = "A" "B" and so on to "Z"
>>
>> but that didn't work.  How can I create a brand variable?
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Walt
>>
>>
>>
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