On using -merge- in this way, see also
http://www.stata.com/support/faqs/data/characteristics.html
http://www.stata.com/support/faqs/data/selectid.html
Nick
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: [email protected]
> [mailto:[email protected]]On Behalf Of
> Ulrich Kohler
> Sent: 25 May 2004 15:20
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: st: Re: multiple )))brackets, is there a more efficient
> way?
>
>
> It might still be a matter of taste, but, for many codings I think
> michael.blasniks approach is very powerfull---at least for
> documentation.
> Also remember that you can create your dataset within the
> original do-file, if
> you don't want to split the documentation into different files:
>
> -----------------------mydofile.do
> use nation, clear
> <commands>
> sort nation
>
> // Create Origin-Variable
> preserve
> input nation origin
> 1 3
> 2 3
> 3 3
> 4 3
> 5 2
> 6 2
> 7 2
> 8 1
> ...
> 141 10
> end
> sort nation
> save origin, replace
> restore
>
> // Merge Origin Variable to nation-data
> merge nation using origin
>
> exit
> ----------------------------------------------
>
>
> [email protected] wrote:
> > OR just use a recode or is this missing the point?
> >
> > gen origin = natio
> > recode origin 3=7 8 12 69 139 141=10 14=8 ... etc
> >
> > cheers
> > Ade
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > "Michael Blasnik"
> > <michael.blasnik@verizon.
> > net>
> > To:
> > [email protected] Sent by:
> > owner-statalist@hsphsun2. cc:
> > harvard.edu
> Subject: st: Re:
> > multiple )))brackets, is there a more efficient way?
> >
> >
> > 25-May-2004 14:45
> > Please respond to
> > [email protected]
> > d.edu
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > The suggestion to use inlist may be a step in the right
> direction, but if
> > you have a coding for every county in the world or any
> list with more than
> > a few dozen codings, I would think that you should create a
> dataset with
> > the
> > codings (often this coding information is available in a
> way that makes the
> > dataset creation fairly straightforward) and then use
> -merge- to bring them
> > in.
> >
> > sort nation
> > merge nation using nationcodes
> >
> > You can always list the nationcode file to document what
> the mapping is.
> >
> > Michael Blasnik
> > [email protected]
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Annelies Vos" <[email protected]>
> > To: <[email protected]>
> > Sent: Tuesday, May 25, 2004 2:35 AM
> > Subject: st: multiple )))brackets, is there a more efficient way?
> >
> > > Dear all,
> > > in the FAQs I found the following very useful recommendation:
> > > instead of:
> > > . generate byte a = 1 if y <= 20
> > > . replace a = 2 if y > 20 & y <= 30
> > > . replace a = 3 if y > 30 & y <= 40
> > > . replace a = 4 if y > 40 & y <.
> > >
> > > do the following:
> > >
> > > . #delim ;
> > > . generate byte a =
> > > cond(y<=20, 1,
> > > cond(y<=30, 2,
> > > cond(y<=40, 3,
> > > cond(y<., 4,
> > > . ))));
> > >
> > > However, the variable I want to use it for (nationality) has many
> > > values (every country in the world), which should be recoded into
> > > countrygroups. I don't really like the idea of having to count the
> > > number of "opening brackets": "(" , to know with how many "closing
> > > brackets": ")" I should end. Is there any easier solution
> for this?
> > >
> > > to explain a piece of my syntax:
> > > > #delim;
> > > > generate byte origin =
> > > > cond(natio==3, 7,
> > > > cond(natio==8, 10,
> > > > cond(natio==12, 10,
> > > > cond(natio==14, 8,
> > > > cond(natio==28, -9,
> > > > cond(natio==54, 6,
> > > > cond(natio==69, 10,
> > > > cond(natio==82, 8,
> > > > cond(natio==139, 10,
> > > > cond(natio==141, 10,
> > >
> > > ...etcetera
> > >
> > > ...which I would like to end on another way than:
> > > > . ))))))))))
> > >
> > > Thanks for any suggestions,
> > >
> > > Annelies Vos
> >
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