Re: st: Simple recoding

[Antoine Terracol <Antoine.Terracol@univ-paris1.fr>]

Try
gen sex2=(sex=="F")+1
drop sex
rename sex2 sex

Antoine.


Chris.Fergusson@sth.nhs.uk wrote:

> Hello statalisters,
>
> I have a variable in my datasheet, sex which is formatted as str1 %9s.
> There are two types either M or F.  I need to convert this so that M=1 and
> F=2. How do I do this, or where is a problem similar to this described.  I
> have tried using "destring sex, replace" etc but have had no luck.
> Thanks for all your help in advance on this relatively simple question.
>
> Christopher D Fergusson
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