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From | Gwinyai Masukume <parturitions@gmail.com> |
To | statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu |
Subject | Re: st: RE: problem converting a string variable to a numeric variable |
Date | Thu, 25 Apr 2013 20:50:04 +0200 |
Thanks Elan. Kind regards, Gwinyai On 4/25/13, Cohen, Elan <cohened@upmc.edu> wrote: > -encode- is the wrong command for this job. (Read the help file more > closely to understand why.) > > Try -destring-. > > - Elan > > > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu > [mailto:owner-statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu] On Behalf Of Gwinyai Masukume > Sent: Thursday, April 25, 2013 13:18 > To: statalist > Subject: st: problem converting a string variable to a numeric variable > > Dear Stata listers, > > I have a variable weight. The original dataset has weight as a string > variable. Type - str13 > Format - %13s. > > encode weight, generate(weightgrams) > > The above code apparently creates a numeric variable weightgrams. > Type - long > Format - %13.0g > > However when dealing with this new variable e.g summ weightgrams, I get > completely abnormal results which bear no resemblance to the expected > results for the variable weight. > > I suspect there is some kind of error in conversion from a string to > numeric variable. > > I am using version 12.1 > > Kind regards, > Gwinyai > * > * For searches and help try: > * http://www.stata.com/help.cgi?search > * http://www.stata.com/support/faqs/resources/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/faqs/resources/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/faqs/resources/statalist-faq/ * http://www.ats.ucla.edu/stat/stata/