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| From | Qursum Qasim <qursumqasim@gmail.com> |
| To | statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu |
| Subject | Re: st: How can I create a new variable based on labels for another variable? |
| Date | Mon, 11 Apr 2011 16:31:30 -0400 |
It worked...thanks!! On Mon, Apr 11, 2011 at 3:12 PM, Joerg Luedicke <joerg.luedicke@gmail.com> wrote: > On Mon, Apr 11, 2011 at 3:01 PM, Qursum Qasim <qursumqasim@gmail.com> wrote: >> Hi all, >> >> I've got a dataset where the countries have been given numeric codes >> and the names of the countries are given as labels associated with >> each numeric code. I am trying to create a new string variable that >> will contain the labels (country names instead of the numeric codes). >> Any ideas how I can do that? >> Thanks! >> >> Regards, >> Qursum Qasim >> * >> * 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/ >> > > -decode- should be appropriate for that job. > > J. > > * > * 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/