Re: st: grouping cases

["Yang, Chongmin" <chongminyang@gmail.com>]

Thanks, Daniel.
I think your method is more convenient.

2011/10/8 daniel klein <klein.daniel.81@googlemail.com>:
> Maybe working with numeric variables might be more convenient here.
> Assuming that there are no typing errors in "country" you can fristly
> -encode- this variable.  You then create the dummy using a numeric
> variable.
>
> . encode country ,g(cntry)
> . la li cntry
> . g oecd = inrange(cntry, 1, 5) | inrange(cntry, 12, 14) ...
> [fictional numbers !]
>
> For the second step you may also use -todummy- ,(available from SSC).
> The syntax would then be something like
>
> . todummy mk ,v(1/5 12/14) g(oecd)
>
> Even if you cannot use -inrange()- or the like, I guess it is still
> more convenient to write "12" instead of writing "Korea, Republic of".
>
> Best
> Daniel
>
> --
>
> I want to choose oecd members from all countries and make dummy variables.
> So I wrote like this way:
>
> gen oecd=1 if country=="Australia" | country=="Austria" |
> country=="Belgium" | country=="Canada" |
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