Joseph,
Thanks! I'll try that.
C.
> How about something like this?
>
> label define Parties 1 c 2 d 3 l 4 n
> forvalues i = 1/4 {
> encode party`i', generate(Party`i') label(Parties)
> drop party`i'
> rename Party`i' party`i'
> }
>
>
> Joseph Coveney
>
>
>
> Clive Nicholas wrote:
>
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> All,
>
> I wondered if you could help with this. I'm sure it's straightforward, but
> I simply cannot hack this!
>
>>From help given in earlier posts, I now have four new variables in my
>> set:
>
> . list part* in 1/20
>
> +-----------------------------------+
> | party1 party2 party3 party4 |
> |-----------------------------------|
> 1. | l c d n |
> 2. | l c d n |
> 3. | l d c n |
> 4. | l d c n |
> 5. | l c d n |
> |-----------------------------------|
> 6. | l d c n |
> 7. | l n c d |
> 8. | l c n d |
> 9. | l d c n |
> 10. | l d c n |
> |-----------------------------------|
> 11. | l n c d |
> 12. | l n c d |
> 13. | c l n d |
> 14. | c l d n |
> 15. | c l d n |
> |-----------------------------------|
> 16. | l c d n |
> 17. | c l n d |
> 18. | l d c n |
> 19. | c n l d |
> 20. | c n l |
> +-----------------------------------+
>
> Although I've successfully converted these into numeric variables, I need
> to convert these letters into _real_ numbers, such that c=1, d=2, l=3 and
> n=4. I'm finding that if this isn't done, I can't perform any analysis
> with them.
>
> Any solutions are greatly appreciated.
>
>
>
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