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| From | Donald Spady <dspady@ualberta.ca> |
| To | statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu |
| Subject | Re: st: RE: problem converting a string variable to a numeric variable |
| Date | Thu, 25 Apr 2013 15:05:20 -0600 |
I think all of the listserver wonders that. Don On 2013-04-25, at 2:23 PM, Gwinyai Masukume <parturitions@gmail.com> wrote: > Many thanks Nick. > Do you sleep? Just kidding. > Kind regards, > Gwinyai > > On 4/25/13, Nick Cox <njcoxstata@gmail.com> wrote: >> For one overview of this territory see >> >> SJ-2-3 pr0006 . . . . . . . . . . . . Speaking Stata: On numbers and >> strings >> . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . N. J. >> Cox >> Q3/02 SJ 2(3):314--329 (no >> commands) >> explains the use of numeric and string data types in Stata >> and how to convert from one kind to another >> >> See http://www.stata-journal.com/sjpdf.html?articlenum=pr0006 for >> accessible .pdf. >> >> It's slightly out-of-date (-tostring- became an official command after >> that paper) but the main ideas still apply. >> >> Nick >> njcoxstata@gmail.com >> >> >> On 25 April 2013 19:50, Gwinyai Masukume <parturitions@gmail.com> wrote: >>> 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/ >> * >> * 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/ > Donald Spady -- dspady@ualberta.ca * * 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/