st: RE: how to transform a string variable to a numeric variable?

["Vassilopoulos Achilleas" <vassilopoulos.statalist@gmail.com>]

Hi Qian,

-destring- is what you're looking for.

Hope this helps,
Achilleas

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Hi, all
   I wonder how to transform a string variable to a numeric variable in
stata?

Thanks,
Qian

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