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| From | Dawood Ashraf <dawood_ashraf@yahoo.com> |
| To | "statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu" <statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu> |
| Subject | Re: st: Generating Identifier based on string variable |
| Date | Tue, 8 Nov 2011 06:29:53 -0800 (PST) |
Thanks Kit. ----- Original Message ----- From: Christopher Baum <kit.baum@bc.edu> To: "statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu" <statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu> Cc: Sent: Tuesday, November 8, 2011 5:05:23 PM Subject: re:st: Generating Identifier based on string variable <> I am trying to generate a new identifier variable based on names of individuals. The shape of the data is as follows: Name Date Mark 1990 Mark 1991 Mark 1992 Marry 1990 Marry 1991 Marry 1992 Marry 1993 Chris 1993 Bob 1992 You need the egen group() function. Kit Baum | Boston College Economics & DIW Berlin | http://ideas.repec.org/e/pba1.html An Introduction to Stata Programming | http://www.stata-press.com/books/isp.html An Introduction to Modern Econometrics Using Stata | http://www.stata-press.com/books/imeus.html * * 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/