Re: st: Hello all (quesiton about generate newvar=real(oldvar))

["Renzo Comolli" <renzo.comolli@yale.edu>]

What you are tring to do can be accomplished in two ways. The way you are
trying is

. generate hour2=real(hour)
. drop hour
. rename hour2 hour

Alternatively you can do it all with one command
. destring hour, replace


Best,
Renzo Comolli

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