Dear Statalist,
I don't understand the behavior of
. recode varlist (.a/.z=.)
I does not square with my understanding of -recode- and and the way in which
extended missing are coded (i.e. bigger than the biggest number allowed in
Stata)
By reading the manual, I see that there is an instruction
. recode varlist (missing=.)
that does exactly what I meant to do, so I am all set as far as my work is
concerned. I am just curious to understand.
The bahavior of
. recode varlist (.a/.z=.)
resembles
. recode varlist (nonmissing=.)
And it looks inconsistent with the rest of the -recode- syntax to me.
Am I just totally confused? Or is there something wrong here?
Best Regards,
Renzo Comolli
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