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| From | "Tomas Lind" <tomas.lind@ki.se> |
| To | <statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu> |
| Subject | st: SV: RE: Convert text categories to labels |
| Date | Thu, 3 Jun 2010 12:11:40 +0200 |
Many thanks Martin and Nick for helpful advice. /Tomas -----Ursprungligt meddelande----- Från: owner-statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu [mailto:owner-statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu] För Martin Weiss Skickat: den 3 juni 2010 11:57 Till: statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu Ämne: st: RE: Convert text categories to labels <> *********** clear* inp str20 city London Paris Stockholm end encode city, gen(numcity) l l, nol *********** HTH Martin -----Original Message----- From: owner-statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu [mailto:owner-statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu] On Behalf Of Tomas Lind Sent: Donnerstag, 3. Juni 2010 11:54 To: statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu Subject: st: Convert text categories to labels Hi all, I have a variable "city" with the categories London, Paris, Stockholm (and lots of other cities). How can I make a new variable that is numeric with London, Paris, Stockholm (and so on) as value labels? /Tomas * * For searches and help try: * http://www.stata.com/help.cgi?search * http://www.stata.com/support/statalist/faq * http://www.ats.ucla.edu/stat/stata/ * * For searches and help try: * http://www.stata.com/help.cgi?search * http://www.stata.com/support/statalist/faq * http://www.ats.ucla.edu/stat/stata/ * * For searches and help try: * http://www.stata.com/help.cgi?search * http://www.stata.com/support/statalist/faq * http://www.ats.ucla.edu/stat/stata/