Hi Hakon
Many thanks. Both options work fine. I will go with
. replace cropcod2=int(varcode/1000) if inrange(varcode,100000,.)
Cheers
Roni
--- Finne_H�kon <[email protected]> wrote:
> Several possibilities. The easiest one now (provided there are no more
> surprises) is to add one line of code after gen
> cropcod2=int(varcode/100):
> replace cropcod2=int(varcode/1000) if inrange(varcode,100000,.)
> -inrange- is listed under special functions; see -help functions- .
> The following code will yield the same result:
> replace cropcod2=int(varcode/1000) if varcode>99999 & varcode<.
>
> H�kon
----Original Message-----
> > From: Babigumira Ronnie [mailto:[email protected]]
> > Sent: 24. juni 2002 10:29
> > To: [email protected]
> > Subject: Re: st: another data cleaning question
> >
> >
> > --- Roger Newson <[email protected]> wrote:
> > > Use the -int- function (see -help functions-). In this
> > case, you might
> > > type
> > >
> > > gene cropcod2=int(varcode/100)
> > > list if cropcod2!=cropcode
> > > assert cropcod2==cropcode
> > > drop cropcod2
> > >
> > > and Stata will generate a new variable -cropcod2-, which
> > should be equal
> > > to -cropcode- if the data are consistent. Stata will then list
> > consistent
> > > cases, and halt execution if there are any inconsistent
> > cases, and drop
> > > the variable -cropcod2- otherwise.
> > >
> > > I hope this helps.
> > >
> > Hi Roger,
> > Many thanks. It works however, I have a slight complication,
> > some of the
> > variety codes are more than 5. Here is an example (also
> > included is the
> > new variable cropcod2)
> >
> > villcode cropcode cropcod2 varcode
> > 1. 1531002 110 110 11001
> > 2. 1531002 110 110 11001
> > 377. 1360100 110 1101 110104
> > 378. 1362000 110 1101 110104
> >
> > The first 2 varcodes have 5 digits and hence
> >
> > . gen cropcod2=int(varcode/100)
> >
> > would work just fine, however, the last two have varcodes
> > with 6 digits
> > which would therefore mean that I would need to rewrite the syntax to
> >
> > . gen cropcod2=int(varcode/1000)
> >
> > This would however truncate that 5 digit varcodes and the resulting
> > cropcod2 would have 2 digits.
> >
> > I would therefore like to put in a condition that would allow
> > the first
> > truncation to be done only if the number of digits in varcode is 5 and
> > then replace cropcod2 with a new truncated figure if the varcode has 6
> > digits. I have searched the manual and I still haven't found
> > it. Might you
> > (or anyone else reading) have any idea how I can do this.
> >
> > Roni
> >
> >
> >
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