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Re: st: Unique identifier from a string name
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Nick Cox <[email protected]>
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Re: st: Unique identifier from a string name
Date
Thu, 24 Nov 2011 11:40:48 +0000
-egen-'s -group()- works fine for most such purposes. Note its -label- option.
Nick
On Thu, Nov 24, 2011 at 11:25 AM, Barry Quinn <[email protected]> wrote:
> I would like to create a uniquely identified numerical code from a string variable by ideally converting each letter of the string into a number (but any other solutions that could create a unique identifier from a string are welcomed).
> Is there some way of reversing the function char() to do this ?
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