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| From | Nick Cox <njcoxstata@gmail.com> |
| To | statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu |
| Subject | 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 <b.quinn@qub.ac.uk> 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 ? * * 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/