Let me add my voice to the new package anouncements...
Thanks to Kit Baum, the package -dummieslab- is available on SSC.
-dummieslab- is a utility to generate a set of dummy variables
from a categorical variable. One 0/1 dummy variable is created for
each level of the original variable. The special feature is that names
for the dummy variables are derived from the value labels of
the categorical variable.
ssc describe dummieslab // for a description
ssc install dummieslab // for installation
It is a recent query on Statalist by Nelson Lim that provided the incentive
to blow the dust off an undocumented program. Nick Cox took and improved
the code, and voil�.
Hope this will help.
Philippe
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TITLE
'DUMMIESLAB': module to convert categorical variable to dummy
variables using label names
DESCRIPTION/AUTHOR(S)
dummieslab generates a set of dummy variables from a categorical
variable. One dummy variable is created for each level of the
original variable. Names for the dummy variables are derived from
the value labels of the categorical variable.
Distribution-Date: 20040915
Author: Philippe Van Kerm, CEPS/INSTEAD
Support: email [email protected]
Author: Nicholas J. Cox, University of Durham
Support: email [email protected]
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